Calcification in carcinoma of the stomach: report of a case

By upper gastrointestinal series, a 57 years-old woman was pointed out to have scattered calcifications along the greater curvature of the stomach. On computerized tomography, the calcifications distributed in the irregularly thickened gastric wall. With a diagnosis of calcified mucinous adenocarcinoma showing Borrmann type III, total gastrectomy with splenectomy was carried out. The characteristics of this lesion were briefly presented with a review of the literature.