Presentation
Abdominal pain and dyspepsia.
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Gastric adenocarcinoma
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Increased wall thickness suggestive of tumoral infiltration is present at gastric body, accompanied by surrounding fat stranding and several small regional lymphadenopathies. There is no sign of local invasion to adjacent structures.
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Post surgical control CT after 15 months
Post-operative changes are seen due to total gastrectomy and esophagojejunostomy.
Case Discussion
Path proven gastric adenocarcinoma which is an aggressive tumor with a 5-year survival rate of less than 20%. Prognosis is correlated to the stage of the tumor at presentation and surgical resection is the treatment for localized disease.