Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC) - Endoscopy (1 of 4)

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Case description

Diffusely infiltrating poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. A 36 year old man, who presented a weight loss more than 25 pounds, anorexia, early satiety, and severe abdominal pain. We found that his maternal grand father suffered a gastric carcinoma in 1991. His maternal grand mother died because of a gastric cancer many years ago. His maternal uncle had gastric adenocarcinoma detected in may 2000. See case above described. Gastric Cancer in young patient is more likely to be of the diffuse type and associated with a poorer prognosis.

tags: abdominal pain diffuse type endoscopy hereditary gastric cancer

related terms: HDGC

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