Diffuse Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Can Mimic Crohn’s Disease

In some cases the diagnosis of gastric cancer is difficult and the endoscopic presentation may be misleading. Diffuse type gastric carcinoma with peritoneal metastasis may present primarily with abdominal pain, colonic infiltration and/or diarrhea, thus other differential diagnoses like Crohn’s dise...

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Main Authors: C. Hommel, M. Knoedler, C. Bojarski, M. Schumann, H.J. Epple, M. Zeitz, S. Daum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/345385