Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Chronic Back Pain: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Early stage gastric cancer is usually asymptomatic. It is not until later stages of the disease, usually with metastasis, that patients typically develop symptoms that would prompt further evaluation. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a patient with chronic back pain who was found to h...

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Autores principales: Chitty, Alexandra, Cardriche, Dennis, Matese, Thomas H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32426672
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.3.46660
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description INTRODUCTION: Early stage gastric cancer is usually asymptomatic. It is not until later stages of the disease, usually with metastasis, that patients typically develop symptoms that would prompt further evaluation. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a patient with chronic back pain who was found to have a gastric antral mass as the etiology of her pain. The patient proceeded to have a partial gastrectomy with complete surgical excision of her early-stage gastric cancer, after which her chronic back pain resolved. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates the importance of considering significant pathology in patients presenting with chronic complaints to the emergency department.
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spelling pubmed-72199902020-05-18 Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Chronic Back Pain: A Case Report Chitty, Alexandra Cardriche, Dennis Matese, Thomas H. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report INTRODUCTION: Early stage gastric cancer is usually asymptomatic. It is not until later stages of the disease, usually with metastasis, that patients typically develop symptoms that would prompt further evaluation. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a patient with chronic back pain who was found to have a gastric antral mass as the etiology of her pain. The patient proceeded to have a partial gastrectomy with complete surgical excision of her early-stage gastric cancer, after which her chronic back pain resolved. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates the importance of considering significant pathology in patients presenting with chronic complaints to the emergency department. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7219990/ /pubmed/32426672 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.3.46660 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Chitty et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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