Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romanyuk 2016

Pathology of the Digestive System
Gastric Cancer (Scirrhous Carcinoma)

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Gastric scirrhous carcinoma

A malignant tumor of The Stomach in which the stroma predominates over the parenchyma. On cross-section, the carcinoma appears as a whitish or grayish tissue of woody consistency. The most common histological type of Gastric Cancer is adenocarcinoma. Among undifferentiated forms, solid and signet-ring Cell carcinomas are encountered.



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