Medical Definition of Gastric carcinoma

1. 3rd most common GI malignancy (after colorectal and pancreas), 95% adenocarcinoma (rarely squamous cell or adenoacanthoma), predisposing factors: pernicious anaemia (2X risk), chronic atrophic gastritis, adenomatous and villous polyp (7-27% are malignant), gastrojejunostomy types: polypoid / fungating, ulcerating / penetrating (70%), infiltrating / scirrous = linitis plastica, increase in fibrous tissue; aperistalsis; rigidity, superficial spreading carcinoma, confined to mucosa/submucosa; 95% 5-year survival, patch of nodularity; little loss of elasticity location: 60% lesser curvature, 30% GE junction, 10% greater curvature probability of malignancy of an ulcer: fundus 90%, greater curvature 70%, lesser curvature 10-15% (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastric Carcinoma

gastric acidity determination
gastric algid malaria
gastric analysis
gastric antacid
gastric area
gastric arteries
gastric artery
gastric atrophy
gastric balloon
gastric branches of anterior vagal trunk
gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk
gastric calculus
gastric canal
gastric cancer
gastric carcinoma (current term)
gastric cardia
gastric colic
gastric crisis
gastric diastole
gastric digestion
gastric emptying
gastric feeding
gastric filling defects
gastric fistula
gastric folds
gastric follicles
gastric freezing
gastric fundus
gastric glands

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