MULTIFOCAL ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH IN A CHILD WITH COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY
MULTIFOCAL ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH IN A CHILD WITH COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY
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DOI:
10.1097/00005176-198805000-00025
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发表时间:
1988-05-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
BOYLE, JT
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作者:
CONLEY, ME;ZIEGLER, MM;BOYLE, JT
The clinical course of a child who developed an adenocarcinoma of the stomach at 11 years of age is described. At 6 years of age, the child was evaluated for abdominal pain, weight loss, and vomiting. She was found to have hemorrhagic, atrophic gastritis, achlorhydria, and panhypogammaglobulinemia. The gastritis improved with corticosteroid therapy, but relapsed each time that the steroid dosage was tapered. The clinical course was marked by severe growth failure, recurrent infections, and intermittent abdominal pain. Radiographic studies done when the patient was 11 years of age demonstrated a large fungating mass on the lesser curvature of the stomach. Endoscopy and biopsies done 1 year previously had not revealed any sign of malignancy. A radical gastrcctomy was performed. Microscopic studies revealed multifocal adenocarcinoma of the stomach with no evidence of invasion of the submucosa or local lymph nodes. The patient died ofCandidasepticemia and pneumonia 6 months after the gastrectomy. There was no evidence of recurrence of the tumor on autopsy. The relationship between common variable immunodeficiency and gastrointestinal disease is described.