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Endoscopic Diagnosis in Minute Gastric Cancer S. Yoshida 1 , Y. Kawamura 1 , Y. Oguro 1 , M. Itabashi 2 , T. Hirota 2 1Dept. of Internal Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital 2Dept. of Pathology, National Cancer Center Hospital pp.1085-1089
Published Date 1979/8/25
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1403107745
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 We demonstrated 2 cases of minute gastric cancer, which measured less than 5mm in diameter. The lesion of case 1 was solitary and that of case 2 was found as a component of multiple gastric carcinoma. Both were Ⅱc type of early gastric cancer whose invasion was limited in mucosal layer and the histological type was well differentiated adenocarcinoma.

 The endoscopic appearances of these lesions were similar at first sight, and they were minute reddish depression surrounded with slight elevation. Close observation, however, revealed some differences between the two. In ease 1, a slight convergence of the mucosal folds and moth-eaten signs on the areagastricae which surrounded the depression indicated the presence of ulcerative change. Histological examination showed an ulcer scar grade Ⅳ (Murakami) in this lesion. On the other hand, case 2 looked like a minute form of Ⅱa+Ⅱc type early gastric cancer because of depression with annular elevation. And histology revealed no ulcerative change in this lesion.

 In our previous study, 900 cases of early gastric cancer were examined on the multiplicity of lesions. In 823 of 900 cases, cancer was solitary and in 73 multiple. As shown in Fig. 7, in comparison with solitary cancer, the multiple gastric cancer was seen more often in male and the predominant histological type was well differentiated adenocarcinoma. And in most case of multiple gastric cancer, the incidence of histologically proved ulcerative change was low and local invasion was limited in mucosal layer. These differences between solitary and multiple early gastric cancer were statistically significant. And the similar comparative study carried on 63 cases of small gastric cancer (less than 10 mm in diameter) showed identical differences between solitary and multiple lesions. From these results, we assumed that the differences are same regardless of the size of lesions, even in minute cancer under 5mm in diameter.

 The differences in the endoscopic view of the minute cancer cases reported here show those of the nature of solitary and multiple carcinoma.

 For the endoscopical detection of solitary minute cancer, the retrospective studies of a minute cancer found unexpectedly in multiple cancer lesion alone seems to be insufficient. Therefore detailed investigation of the endoscopic appearances of solitary gastric cancer (>5 mm included), especially the cases whose presence are difficult to confirm, must be imperative.

 At present, the most common endoscopical changes in solitary minute cancer are supposed to be:  1) indistinct shallow depression with red granular changes.

 2) gradually converging folds toward discolored area.

 3) coarse area-gastricae very similar to surrounding mucosa.

 In future, detailed examination of parameters of malignancy must be carried on not only in gross change like the abrupt disappearance of folds but also in gastritis-like minute changes.


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