Use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of the pancreas to diagnose a case of primary linitis plastica of the colon with retroperitoneal dissemination.

Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: e12 - e12
Published: Apr 1, 2022
Abstract
A 54-year-old man had previously undergone curative sigmoidectomy for poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with a signet-ring cell component of the sigmoid colon, which was characterized morphologically by stenosis and inelasticity of the colon (linitis plastica). Six weeks after surgery, the patient developed stenosis of the right ureter. Disseminated sigmoid cancer was suspected, and chemotherapy was started. Nine months after initiation of...
Paper Details
Title
Use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of the pancreas to diagnose a case of primary linitis plastica of the colon with retroperitoneal dissemination.
Published Date
Apr 1, 2022
Journal
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
e12 - e12
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