Gastric cancer and the coincidental finding of herpetic esophagitis immediately after pregnancy: a case report
Kurt, M.; Aksoy, S.; Cizginer, S.; Harmanci, O.; Altundag, K.; Karaman, N.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 52(5): 425-427
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 17583245 Document Number: 613825
BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer associated with pregnancy is extremely rare and usually diagnosed at an advanced stage.CASE: A 22-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with complaints of dysphagia, retrosternal pain, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopic biopsy revealed herpetic esophagitis and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach.CONCLUSION. Early recognition and diagnosis of gastric cancer during pregnancy is the only possibility for a positive outcome.