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Lame memory device ''STOMACH'': | Lame memory device ''STOMACH'': | ||
*'''S'''ignet ring, '''T'''ubular, '''O'''h papillary, '''M'''ucinous, '''A'''denosquamouas, '''C'''rappy '''H'''igh grade (Undifferentiated). | *'''S'''ignet ring, '''T'''ubular, '''O'''h papillary, '''M'''ucinous, '''A'''denosquamouas, '''C'''rappy '''H'''igh grade (Undifferentiated). | ||
===Gross=== | |||
Location: | |||
*Large carcinomas preferentially involve the lesser curvature.<ref name=pmid2550682>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yamagawa | first1 = H. | last2 = Onishi | first2 = T. | title = [A clinicopathological study of early gastric cancers with a diameter larger than five centimeters]. | journal = Gan No Rinsho | volume = 35 | issue = 10 | pages = 1114-8 | month = Sep | year = 1989 | doi = | PMID = 2550682 }}</ref> | |||
*Intestinal type tumours if leading to ulceration classically have heaped edges. | |||
*Diffuse carcinoma lead to diffuse wall thickening with loss of the rugae - called ''linitis plastica''. | |||
DDx (ulcer): | |||
*[[Peptic ulcer disease]]. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linitis_plastica.jpg Linitis plastica - endoscopic image (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarcinoma_of_the_stomach.jpg Ulcerating gastric carcinoma (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarcinoma,_stomach,_gross_pathology_IMG0037a_lores.jpg Ulcerating gastric carcinoma (WC)]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== |
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