Title
Histological complete response to neoadjuvant therapy in advanced gastric carcinoma. A case report and review of literature
Other title
[Respuesta histológica completa a la neoadyuvancia en carcinoma gástricoavanzado. A propósito de un caso y revisión de la literatura]
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
De La Cruz Mio J.
Álvarez Díaz V.
Agreda Castro F.
Villarreal González M.N.
Abstract
This communication describes the first case in the Regional Institute of Neoplastic Diseases "Luis Pinillos Ganoza" IREN North in which a patient with advanced gastric carcinoma showed complete response to neoadjuvant histopathologic. We describe the case of a patient woman of 70 years old with histopathologic diagnosis of moderately differentiated tubular gastric adenocarcinoma, locally advanced associated with images of perigastric lymphadenopathy and loss of the interface between gastric tumor, hepatic hilum and gallbladder. After 6 courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX scheme - 4 to 80%, an almost complete response from the point of tomographic view is obtained, so the patient is underwent to distal subtotal gastrectomy lymphadenectomy D2 more gastrojejunoanastomosis Billroth II termino lateral type Hofmeister Finsterer verifying on microscopic examination of surgical specimen only acute and chronic gastritis with mucous areas and reactive changes. No feasible malignancy is observed. Lymph nodes: 0/33. Commenting on the case, a review of recent relevant literature is realized.
Start page
379
End page
386
Volume
37
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Patología Gastroenterología, Hepatología Oncología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85053326816
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
ISSN of the container
1609722X
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