Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer
Overall gastric cancer incidence is decreasing, but incidence of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma has been rising. The diagnosis can be challenging. It has a poorer prognosis because it tends to be diagnosed at advanced stages. Lymphedema is a rare presentation. We report a rare presentation of si...
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| author | Dany Cruz Catarina Pinto Silva Cristina Marques Francisca Pereira Alexandra Leitão Ana Ogando |
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| description | Overall gastric cancer incidence is decreasing, but incidence of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma has been rising. The diagnosis can be challenging. It has a poorer prognosis because it tends to be diagnosed at advanced stages. Lymphedema is a rare presentation. We report a rare presentation of signet ring cell carcinoma in a 49-year old male, with no underlying medical condition. The patient presented with lymphedema of lower limbs, scrotum and abdominal wall. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c4c1c0f03044f388260dbe89904b64e2023-09-05T09:56:45ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942023-08-0110.12890/2023_0038483383Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancerDany Cruz0Catarina Pinto Silva1Cristina Marques2Francisca Pereira3Alexandra Leitão4Ana Ogando5Internal Medicine Department at Hospital Santa Maria Maior, PortugalInternal Medicine, Department at Hospital Santa Maria Maior, PortugalInternal Medicine, Department at Hospital Santa Maria Maior, PortugalInternal Medicine, Department at Hospital Santa Maria Maior, PortugalInternal Medicine, Department at Hospital Santa Maria Maior, PortugalInternal Medicine, Department at Hospital Santa Maria Maior, PortugalOverall gastric cancer incidence is decreasing, but incidence of gastric signet ring cell carcinoma has been rising. The diagnosis can be challenging. It has a poorer prognosis because it tends to be diagnosed at advanced stages. Lymphedema is a rare presentation. We report a rare presentation of signet ring cell carcinoma in a 49-year old male, with no underlying medical condition. The patient presented with lymphedema of lower limbs, scrotum and abdominal wall.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3848signet ring cell carcinomagastric cancerparaneoplasic syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Dany Cruz Catarina Pinto Silva Cristina Marques Francisca Pereira Alexandra Leitão Ana Ogando Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine signet ring cell carcinoma gastric cancer paraneoplasic syndrome |
| title | Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer |
| title_full | Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer |
| title_fullStr | Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer |
| title_short | Lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer |
| title_sort | lower limb edema caused by metastatic signet ring cell stomach cancer |
| topic | signet ring cell carcinoma gastric cancer paraneoplasic syndrome |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3848 |
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