Abstract:Background: Gastric perforation is a relatively rare complication of gastric cancer. Malignant gastric perforation is often a manifestation of advanced cancer with serosal invasion and lymph node metastasis; thus, gastric cancer rarely perforates at an early stage. Herein, we describe a case of gastric perforation, which was treated conservatively; later, the patient was diagnosed with an extremely rare early-stage gastric cancer and underwent radical surgery in two stages.
Case presentation: An 81-year-old wo… Show more
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