Radiographic and endoscopic regression of metastatic gastric cancer to the colon in the setting of 5-aminosalicylic acid use.
Journal Article
Colonic metastases from gastric cancer are a rare phenomenon and sparsely reported in the literature. We report a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with vague abdominal symptoms and initial computer tomography (CT) imaging suggestive of a colonic apple-core lesion with serial colonoscopic biopsies diagnostic of metastatic signet ring cell gastric adenocarcinoma. This case is unique given the evolving CT and endoscopic findings that suggested a regression in colonic wall thickening in the setting of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) use prior to histologic diagnosis.
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Duke Authors
- Jaffe, Tracy Anne
- McCall, Shannon Jones
- Patel, Yuval Adrash Dinesh
- Shimpi, Rahul Arun
- Zhang, Xuefeng
Cited Authors
- Patel, YA; McCall, SJ; Zhang, X; Jaffe, T; Shimpi, RA
Published Date
- December 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 7 / 6
Start / End Page
- E88 - E92
PubMed ID
- 28078130
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC5177585
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 2078-6891
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.21037/jgo.2016.05.02
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- China