A Case of Concurrent Occurrence of Small Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma in the Stomach

Shim, Ki Nam; Park, Sa Young; Lee, Sun Young; Choi, Jin Hyuk; Lee, Soon Nam; Han, Woon Sup

J Korean Cancer Assoc > Volume 27(3); 1995 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Cancer Association 1995;27(3): 513-521.

위선암과 병발한 원발성 위소세포암 1 예

심기남, 박사영, 이선영, 최진혁, 이순남, 한운섭

A Case of Concurrent Occurrence of Small Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma in the Stomach

Ki Nam Shim, Sa Young Park, Sun Young Lee, Jin Hyuk Choi, Soon Nam Lee, Woon Sup Han

ABSTRACT

Frimary small cell careinoma of the stomach is an extremely rare disease. It has similar clinical behavior with small cell cardnoma of lung, which shows aggressive course with rapid and wide dissemination and very poor prognosis. We report a case of concurrent occurrence of primary small cell carcinoma and adeno- carcinoma in the stomach with multiple intraaMominal metastases, which had responded to combination chemotherapy with 5-FU, VP-16, and Cisplatin.

Key words: Primary small cell carcinoma of the stomach, Adenocarcinoma, Combination chemotheraphy