People’s Republic of China
Case Report
Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Stomach: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review
Author(s): Yu-Ta Lin, Yang-Yuan Chen, Sung-Mao Tsai, Jen-Wei Chou, Li-Yuan Bai, Ming-Yu Lien and Tsung-Wei ChenYu-Ta Lin, Yang-Yuan Chen, Sung-Mao Tsai, Jen-Wei Chou, Li-Yuan Bai, Ming-Yu Lien and Tsung-Wei Chen
Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the stomach is rare. In this paper, the patient in Case 1 is a 57-yearold man who underwent partial gastrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for primary SCC of the stomach. He survives more than 4 years as of the writing of this report. The patient in Case 2 is a 49-year-old man who was also diagnosed as primary SCC of the stomach. He died of massive gastric cancer bleeding 2 months after the diagnosis. This report is followed by a literature review and further discussion of diagnostic criteria and palliative gastrectomy in these patients.
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DOI:
10.4172/2157-7099.1000353
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