Primary diffused infiltrating (linitis plastica) type of colonic cancer--case report
Sakai, N.; Tanaka, S.; Ito, T.; Matsumura, K.; Takekoshi, T.; Ohshita, H.; Nonomura, O.; Kato, M.; Kachi, H.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 32(3): 305-309
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 3012138 Document Number: 270111
The primary diffused infiltrating type of colonic cancer is characteristically rare, and has a high rate of malignancy. A 54-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital complaining of abdominal pain and decreased stools. Sigmoid colonic cancer was suspected as a result of the Ba-enema and colonic fiberscopy examination, but the biopsy results were negative. The sigmoid colon was resected extensively. Histopathologically, the cancer was diagnosed as being a signet ring-cell carcinoma of the sigmoid colon. Although the patient received postoperative chemotherapy, he died of carcinomata peritonitis 175 days after surgery.