Linitis plastica surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
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Total gastrectomy is recommended for the management of local disease. Surgical resection is not recommended among patients with metastatic linitis plastica. [1]
Surgery
- The very fast growing nature of linitis plastica and the difficulty in diagnosing it early, makes surgical resection challenging.
- As the disease is often diagnosed at a very advanced stage, usually with metastasis from peritoneal and lymphatic spread, surgical resection is not recommended among patients with metastatic linitis plastica.[1]
- For patients with local disease, total gastrectomy along with chemotherapy and/or radiation before or following the surgery is recommended.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on December 9, 2015.