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Kazuya Konishi1, Jun Araya, Makoto Nagabuchi
1Dept. of Surgery, Sapporo Century Hospital.
Abstract:
A 61-year-old woman, who consulted another doctor with chief complaints of epigastric pain, nausea, anorexia, palpitation, and shortness of breath since a month was referred to our hospital for diagnosis and treatment. She was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer. She was also found to have severe anemia(hemoglobin 1.8 g/dL)and malnutrition. With adequate precautions to prevent development of heart failure and refeeding syndrome, the patient was treated for anemia with blood transfusion and intravenous iron injection; and for malnutrition with intravenous hyperalimentation and enteral nutrition. The patient underwent distal gastrectomy 17 days after admission. Histological examination revealed a type 3 moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma>solid type of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma>mucinous adenocarcinoma corresponding to pT4a, pN3a, pStage ⅢB, respectively. The postoperative course was good and adjuvant chemotherapy was started 22 days after surgery. However, the patient died approximately 15 months after surgery due to metastases of gastric cancer to the lymph nodes.
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