A Case Report of Gastric Cancer in an 18-Year-Old Patient

Teruyuki Usuba, Katsumaro Suzuki, Kazuya Yamazaki*, Takuya Nojiri*, Hideyuki Kashiwagi* and Katsuhiko Yanaga*

Department of Surgery, Moriyakeiyu Hospital
Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine*

An 18-year-old man whose father had died of gastric cancer was admitted for ileus due to carcinomatous peritonitis from advanced gastric cancer. Ileus was due to gastric cancer invading the transverse colon, necessitating ileosigmoidostomy. He then underwent chemotherapy as an outpatient, finally died. Since he had not been diagnosed with cancer on initial examination, he had gone untreated for 5 months, which underscores the importance for high-risk patients to be regularly examined without preconception.

Key words
familial gastric cancer, young patient

Reprint requests
Teruyuki Usuba Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine
3-25-8 Minato-ku, Nishishinbashi, 105-8461 JAPAN

Accepted
January 31, 2007

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