BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer associated with pregnancy is extremely rare and usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. CASE: A 22-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with complaints of dysphagia, retrosternal pain, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopic biopsy revealed herpetic esophagitis and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach. CONCLUSION: Early recognition and diagnosis of gastric cancer during pregnancy is the only possibility for a positive outcome.
BACKGROUND:Gastric cancer associated with pregnancy is extremely rare and usually diagnosed at an advanced stage. CASE: A 22-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with complaints of dysphagia, retrosternal pain, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopic biopsy revealed herpetic esophagitis and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach. CONCLUSION: Early recognition and diagnosis of gastric cancer during pregnancy is the only possibility for a positive outcome.