Primary gastric cancer presenting with a metastatic embolus in the common carotid artery: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Pin-tong Huang¹  Zhong Shen²  Guan-gen Yang²  Wei-hui Shentu¹  Xiu-feng Zhang²  Ying Zhang¹ 

[1] Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, No.88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China;Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Third People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, No. 38 Westlake Avenue, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China

关键词: Gastric cancer;    Metastasis;    Common carotid artery;    Tumor embolus;   

Others  :  827019
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-10-229

 received in 2012-07-05, accepted in 2012-10-14,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Although about 30% of gastric cancers have distant metastasis at the time of initial diagnosis, metastatic tumor embolus in the main blood vessels is not common, especially in the main artery. The report presents, for the first time, an extremely rare clinical case of a metastatic embolus in the common carotid artery (CCA) from primary gastric cancer. Metastatic embolus from the primary tumor should be considered when patients present with gastric cancer accompanied by intravascular emboli. The patient should be actively examined further so as to allow early detection and treatment.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Zhang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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