Gastric adenocarcinoma (diffuse Signet ring type)

 

 

46 year old woman with vague abdominal discomfort and 10 pound weight loss over last 6 months. Image reveals

numerous discohesive malignant cells with signet-ring morphology. The term linitis plastica is applied to this tumor.

 

Contributed by: Drs. James Carlsten and Murray Resnick

 

1 minute clinical correlation

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