Linitis Plastica
"Linitis Plastica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition where the stomach wall becomes thickened, rubbery and loses its ability to distend. The stomach assumes a "leather bottle" shape. It is most often seen in adenocarcinoma of the stomach. The term is often used synonymously with diffuse adenocarcinoma of the stomach.
| Descriptor ID |
D008039
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.470.200.025.095.410
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Linitis Plastica" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Linitis Plastica" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Linitis Plastica" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ayub A, Naeem B, Perez A, Tyler D, Klimberg VS. Gastric Linitis Plastica: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Anticancer Res. 2023 Apr; 43(4):1543-1548.
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Ikoma N, Agnes A, Chen HC, Wang X, Blum MM, Das P, Minsky B, Estrella JS, Mansfield P, Ajani JA, Badgwell BD. Linitis Plastica: a Distinct Type of Gastric Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 05; 24(5):1018-1025.
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Agnes A, Estrella JS, Badgwell B. The significance of a nineteenth century definition in the era of genomics: linitis plastica. World J Surg Oncol. 2017 Jul 05; 15(1):123.
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Aggarwal A, Jazayeri MA, Garg S. Just Scratching the Surface: Intractable Nausea and Vomiting. Am J Med. 2015 Nov; 128(11):e3-5.