Gastric Cancer Presenting as Persistent Pneumonia: An Unusual Case Report
| Autor: | Johnathan Frunzi, Itioye Adetula, Jinal K Patel, Aretha Kou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
obesity
Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonology dysphagia Nausea 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology smoking 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Medicine fifth most common cancer Unusual case biology male sex business.industry gastric cancer Incidence (epidemiology) Gastroenterology abdominal pain General Engineering Cancer alcohol use Helicobacter pylori nausea medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dysphagia Pneumonia Oncology helicobacter pylori medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.14024 |
| Popis: | Worldwide, gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer deaths, which carries a poor prognosis as only 28.3% are expected to survive after five years. The incidence varies depending on the geographical locations and dietary patterns. Here, we present a case of a 59-year-old Hispanic male with a 10-month history of recurrent bilateral pneumonia and dysphagia. Diagnostic workup revealed metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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