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Revision as of 20:19, 19 November 2015

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]

Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall such as lymphoma, other forms of gastric adenocarcinoma, menetrier's disease, lymphoid hyperplasia, amyloidosis and granulomatous diseases.^[1]^[2]

Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall:^[1]^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015

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 ==Differntial diagnosis==
-Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall<ref name=op>Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.</ref><ref name=rp>Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015</ref>:
+Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall:<ref name=op>Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.</ref><ref name=rp>Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015</ref>
 *Malignant diseases
 **Other forms of [[gastric adenocarcinoma]]