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Primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach: Experience of 11 cases and its clinical analysis

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    During the last 10 years, 11 cases of primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach’were operated on.

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    Histologically, the specimens from the stomach showed adenocarcinoma with squamous differentiation in all the cases.

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    All the patients but 1 were males and their average age was 61.2 years.

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    The duration of illness prior to treatment was relatively long period of time and the chief complaints in over half of the patients were abdominal pain.

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    Eight cases showed metastases at the time of operation. Metastasis to the regional lymph nodes was observed in 8 cases and the squamous element was present in 5 of these cases.

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    There was no operative death. Followup study was made in 9 cases. Only 2 are still alive and the remaining 7 died of recurrence. The length of survival averaged 10.7 months.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Division, Wakayama Medical College, 640, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan

    Yozo Aoki M.D., Katsuyoshi Tabuse M.D., Masahiro Wada M.D. & Masaharu Katsumi M.D. (Prof.)

  2. The Second Department of Pathology, Osaka University School of Medicine, 33 Tsuneyasu-cho, 530, Kita-ku Osaka City, Osaka, Japan

    Hirotsugu Uda M.D.

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Aoki, Y., Tabuse, K., Wada, M. et al. Primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach: Experience of 11 cases and its clinical analysis. Gastroenterol Jpn 13, 140–145 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02773859

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