Gastric adenocarcinoma advanced ina final year student. A case report

• Main Authors: Imri Vishi, Sami Spahiu, Nijazi Vishi, Ragip Bytyqi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2021-08-01
• Series: Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• Subjects: Gastric carcinoma; hematemesis; gastrointestinal endoscopy
• Online Access: https://journal.astes.org.al/index.php/AJTES/article/view/124

Gastric carcinoma is most common in the 50-70 age group [2], and is extremely rareunder the age of 30; grows rapidly andsteadily to reach higher levels in older agegroups [3]. Basically, there are two sub-types of adenocarcinoma arising from thegastric mucosa: intestinal and diffusebased on Lauren (1965) criteria. The disease was fatigue, with dysphagia associated with solid food, with anorexia, and with weight loss; (about 10 kg for the last 3 months). During this period, he rece-ived symptomatic medication but without any medical visit.Clinical examination revealed a pale skin, with decreased turgor, and in the abdomen was found a tangible mass in the abdomen, easily sensible, other quadrats of the abdo-men loose… Conclusion: Whenever symptoms of dys-phagia, loss of appetite and hematemesis appear, and further investigations should  be made, as early diagnosis of a gastric tumor in this group plays a crucial role in determining the prognosis.