Osman Bilgin Gülçiçek1, Ali Solmaz1, Kamil Özdoğan1, Candaş Erçetin1, Erkan Yavuz1, Hakan Yiğitbaş1, Fatih Çelebi1, Serdar Altınay2

1Clinic of General Surgery, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
2Clinic of Pathology, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach accounts for less than 1% of all gastric malignancies. Less than 100 cases were reported in the literature. Therefore, knowledge about management and prognosis of the disease is limited. Surgical approach is the basic form of treatment. In this study we confirmed a case of primary gastric squamous cell carcinoma with the aim of contribution to the literature, which is seen rare, and the diagnosis was confirmed pathologically.

Keywords: Squamous cell carcinoma, stomach, pathology


 

Peer Review

Externally peer-reviewed.

Author Contributions

Concept - A.S., K.Ö.; Design - O.B.G.; Supervision - F.Ç., C.E.; Funding - E.Y.; Materials - K.Ö., F.Ç.; Data Collection and/or Processing - C.E., H.Y.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - S.A.; Literature Review - A.S.; Writer - O.B.G., A.S

Conflict of Interest

No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure

The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.