[A Case of pStage IB Gastric Cancer Relapsed on Both Pleura and Peritoneum Eight Year after Radical Gastrectomy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2022 Dec;49(13):1708-1710.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An 86-year-old man presented with upper abdominal pain and was diagnosed with type 0-Ⅲ gastric cancer located at the posterior wall of the upper stomach by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Laparoscopic total gastrectomy(D1+)was performed for gastric cancer of cStage Ⅰ. As final pathological diagnosis was pT2N0(0/27)M0H0P0CY0, pStage ⅠB, adjuvant chemotherapy was not administrated. The patient has been alive with no recurrence for 5 years after surgery. 8 years and 1 month after procedure, he visited our hospital with chief complaint of abdominal distention and anorexia. Chest and abdominal CT showed pleural fluid and ascites, but PET-CT could not detect any sites of recurrence. Cytopathology and cell blocks by immunohistochemical staining of ascites proved recurrence of previous gastric cancer. Any treatment was rejected, and the patient died 3 months after recurrence and 8 years and 4 months after gastrectomy. Late recurrence on both pleura and peritoneum of gastric cancer is very rare. We report a case of pStage ⅠB gastric cancer relapsed on both pleura and peritoneum 8 year after radical gastrectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Ascites
  • Gastrectomy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peritoneum / pathology
  • Pleura / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms* / surgery