Abdominal malignant fibrous histiocytoma infiltrating stomach with Chilaiditi's sign manifestation (a rare case report)

The incidence and mortality rate of gastric cancer are decreasing within last 60 years. Approximately 85% of gastric cancer is carcinoma where as the rest 15% is lymphoma and sarcoma. Leiomyosarcoma is the most frequently encountered sarcoma in stomach and represents 1-3% gastric cancer. This tumor...

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Published in:Kobe journal of the medical sciences 2007-06, Vol.53 (3), p.119-124
Main Authors: Nurdjanah, Siti, Bayupurnama, Putut, Maduseno, Sutanto, Ratnasari, Neneng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biopsy
Colon - pathology
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Fatal Outcome
Fatigue
Female
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous - diagnosis
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous - pathology
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous - surgery
Humans
Intestines - pathology
Middle Aged
Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis
Stomach Neoplasms - pathology
Stomach Neoplasms - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Weight Loss
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Summary:The incidence and mortality rate of gastric cancer are decreasing within last 60 years. Approximately 85% of gastric cancer is carcinoma where as the rest 15% is lymphoma and sarcoma. Leiomyosarcoma is the most frequently encountered sarcoma in stomach and represents 1-3% gastric cancer. This tumor is frequently located in the anterior and posterior wall of gastric fundus accompanied by ulceration and bleeding. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is a soft tissue tumor with poor prognosis, rarely found in stomach. This tumor is most frequently originated from inner fascia or skeletal muscle (58-75%) and most frequently happen in the peritoneal cavity and abdomen (9-16 %). We reported a 45-year-old woman with abdominal MFH which infiltrated to the lesser curvature of stomach with Chilaiditi sign. Chilaiditi sign is a condition of intestine disposition (usually at the hepatic flexure of colon) which lies between liver and diagfragma, found in 0.1 ? 0.25% cases which is diagnosed by chest X Ray. This case is a very rare case.
ISSN:1883-0498