Difference between revisions of "Linitis plastica"

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[[Image:Linitis_plastica.jpg |thumb|right| Linitis plastica - endoscopic image. (WC/Samir)]]
[[Image:Linitis_plastica.jpg |thumb|right| Linitis plastica - endoscopic image. (WC/Samir)]]


'''Linitis plastica''' is a gross pathology/endoscopic findings suggestive of diffuse [[stomach cancer]].<ref name=pmid185007>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Raskin | first1 = MM. | title = Some specific radiological findings and consideration of linitis plastica of the gastrointestinal tract. | journal = CRC Crit Rev Clin Radiol Nucl Med | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 87-106 | month =  | year = 1976 | doi =  | PMID = 185007 }}</ref>
'''Linitis plastica''' is a [[gross pathology]]/endoscopic finding suggestive of diffuse [[stomach cancer]].<ref name=pmid185007>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Raskin | first1 = MM. | title = Some specific radiological findings and consideration of linitis plastica of the gastrointestinal tract. | journal = CRC Crit Rev Clin Radiol Nucl Med | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 87-106 | month =  | year = 1976 | doi =  | PMID = 185007 }}</ref>


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It may be seen in [[Crohn's disease]].
It is described in [[Crohn's disease]].<ref name=pmid17175696>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Maàmouri | first1 = N. | last2 = Cheikh | first2 = I. | last3 = Belkahla | first3 = N. | last4 = Bouaziz | first4 = S. | last5 = Ouerghi | first5 = H. | last6 = Rahal | first6 = K. | last7 = Ben Romdhane | first7 = K. | last8 = Ben Ammar | first8 = A. | title = [Case report of isolated Crohn's disease of the stomach presenting as plastica linitis]. | journal = Tunis Med | volume = 84 | issue = 8 | pages = 513-6 | month = Aug | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 17175696 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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