Open AccessGastric signet ring cell carcinoma presenting with widespread osteoblastic metastases
Author(s) -
Ayşegül İdil Soylu,
Eylem Odabaşı,
Seda Gün,
Mustafa Bekir Selçuk
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_834_18
Subject(s) - signet ring cell carcinoma , signet ring cell , gastric carcinoma , medicine , carcinoma , cancer research , oncology , adenocarcinoma , cancer
Gastric cancer infrequently metastasizes to the bone. These metastases are generally osteolytic. On the other hand, osteoblastic metastases are very rare. In this case report, a patient with signet ring cell gastric carcinoma presenting with diffuse osteoblastic bone metastases who had no laboratory abnormalities at the time of diagnosis is described. To our knowledge, our patient represents the longest surviving case compared with the similar cases in literature.