[A case of gastric lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma presenting as panperitonitis by perforation of stomach]

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2011 Oct 25;58(4):208-11. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2011.58.4.208.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

Gastric lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma is a rare carcinoma among gastric malignant tumor but has a good prognosis. The carcinoma has histologic feature characterized by small nest of cancer cells mixed with lymphoid stroma. We report a case with lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of stomach initially presenting as panperitonitis because of spontaneous tumor perforation. A 56-year-old man visited our emergency room because of epigastric pain. A preoperative abdominal CT scan showed a massive pneumoperitoneum in the upper abdomen, and the presence of gastric cancer in the lesser curvature of the stomach. An emergent laparotomy was performed followed by radical subtotal gastrectomy. Pathologic examination revealed that the tumor was a lymphoepithelioma-like gastric carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoma / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumoperitoneum / etiology
  • Pneumoperitoneum / surgery
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / therapy
  • Stomach Rupture / complications*
  • Stomach Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Rupture / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed