An interesting case of ascites
| Autor: | Vignesh C., K. Mahendra Kumar, Lokesh Kumar A. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 10:318-320 |
| ISSN: | 2349-3933 2349-3925 |
| Popis: | The Krukenberg tumor is a rare tumor of the ovary which is malignant. It is usually a bilateral involvement of ovaries from the metastatic deposit from adenocarcinoma of the stomach. It is characterized by the stiffening and thickening of the gastric wall. The most common malignancy to manifest as the Krukenberg tumor is the stomach. Here, we discuss a case of diffuse adenocarcinoma of the stomach presenting as linitis plastica with ascites. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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