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Gastric carcinoma with psammomatous calcification after Billroth II reconstruction: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Kawahara Kunimitsu,
Niguma Takefumi,
Yoshino Tadashi,
Omonishi Kunihiro,
Hatakeyama Setsuko,
Nakamura Shinichi,
Hirota Seiichi,
Motoi Makoto
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01257.x
Subject(s) - calcification , psammoma body , billroth ii , medicine , stomach , gastrectomy , pathology , adenocarcinoma , gastric carcinoma , cancer , billroth i , carcinoma , gastroenterology , immunohistochemistry
A case of gastric carcinoma with psammomatous calcification arising in the remnant stomach after Billroth II reconstruction is reported. Borrmann type 1 gastric carcinoma was detected in the remnant stomach of an 82‐year‐old woman, who had a past history of distal partial gastrectomy for a perforated gastric ulcer, with Billroth II reconstruction at 40 years of age. Histologically, the tumor was a tubular adenocarcinoma that invaded the muscularis propria. Numerous psammoma bodies were found in the lumens of the tumor glands. Dystrophic calcification of gastric cancer is rare and psammomatous calcification of gastric cancer has only been reported in five cases previously. To our knowledge, this is the first case of gastric carcinoma with psammomatous calcification arising in the remnant stomach. We also review previously published reports regarding gastric carcinoma with psammomatous calcification.