Presentation
Progressive dysphagia with vomiting.
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
Gender: Male
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Linitis plastica
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Diffuse thickening of the distal gastric wall with failure to distend despite adequate ingestion of barium.
From the case:
Linitis plastica
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Diffuse thickening of the gastric wall in its distal half.
Case Discussion
The key, in this case, is the barium study showing a failure to distend the stomach despite adequate volume load with irregular, lobulated margins to the gastric walls. Beware false positives i.e. collapsed wall.
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