METASTATIC CARCINOMA SIMULATING LINITIS-PLASTICA OF THE COLON - CASE-REPORT

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 71  (3) , 311-314
Abstract
A 70 yr old woman with metastatic breast carcinoma presenting as linitis plastica of the ascending colon is reported. The breast tumor was diagnosed 9 yr previously. The clinical, roentgenographic and pathologic features of colonic linitis plastica and the preoperative diagnostic difficulties are discussed. There is no difference in the morphologic features of primary and secondary linitis plastica. The latter may result from anaplastic carcinoma of the stomach, gallbladder or breast.

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