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Learning from errors
CASE REPORT
Pregnancy and gastric cancer: diagnostic and treatment dilemma
  1. Nawar Hussain1,
  2. Navaneethakrishnan Selvakumari1,
  3. Frances Afadapa2,
  4. Olubusola Amu2
  1. 1Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Oldham Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK
  2. 2Women & Children’s Division, Royal Oldham Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nawar Hussain, nawar2001{at}hotmail.com

Summary

Gastric cancer in pregnancy is an extremely rare entity. The incidence of gastric cancer is more in elderly patients and higher in the male population. Gastric cancer symptoms can be nausea, vomiting and epigastric discomfort which is similar to early pregnancy symptoms. This leads to a misinterpretation and delay in the diagnosis during pregnancy. Gastric cancer in pregnancy is associated with poor prognosis because of its delayed diagnosis at an advance stage. We present our patient here, with this rare clinical diagnosis and with no suspicion in a young healthy woman.

  • cancer - see oncology
  • gastrointestinal system
  • obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222963

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors NH: wrote the case report and the discussion. NS: discussed planning and helped with discussion. FA: helped with discussion and reviewed the whole case report. OA: helped with planning and reviewing the whole case report.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.