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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
ISSN 1025-0255
SANCHEZ-GARCIA, Nélcido Luis et al. Value of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of gastric plastic linitis. []. , 23, 5, pp. 648-654. 01--2019. ISSN 1025-0255.
Background:
gastric plastic linitis is an advanced form of gastric cancer with an unfavorable prognosis and a complex diagnosis.
Objective:
to present the case of a patient with gastric plastic linitis whose initial evaluation was inconclusive for diagnosis.
Case report:
a 51-year-old male patient presented with abdominal pain in the epigastrium, vomiting, weight loss and decay. Analytical studies are performed and they conclude diffuse gastric plastic linitis with possible peritoneal carcinosis.
Conclusions:
gastric plastic linitis is an infrequent disease with high morbidity and mortality and in some cases requires special studies such as endoscopic ultrasound in patients with high diagnostic suspicion.
: LINITIS PLASTICA/diagnostic imaging; LINITIS PLASTICA/mortality; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ADENOCARCINOMA/diagnosis; CASE REPORTS.
