calcified target lesion: Mucinous carcinoma of the stomach

✍ Scribed by Giovanni G. Cerri; Jose M. R. Zeitune; Marinho S. Hashimoto; Schlioma Zaterka; Agostinho Bettarello; Álvaro Magalhães

• Book ID: 102887761
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 711 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870130613

✦ Synopsis

Calcification of schirrous carcinoma of the stomach has been rarely shown by x-ray.'Y2 In the cases previously reported, the diagnosis was made by plain x-ray of the abdomen or by barium study of the stomach and d u ~d e n u m . ~, ~

We have had the opportunity to make the diagnosis of calcified neoplasia of the stomach by ultrasonography of the abdomen in two patients. The present communication is a report of the findings in these two cases.