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CASE REPORT

Gastric Cancer with Bone Marrow Invasion and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Case Report

Lilan Chen, Lu Lu, Xinlei Gong, Yichen Xu, Xiaoyuan Chu^*, Guichun Huang^*

Medical Oncology Department, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

* Corresponding Authors: Guichun Huang. Email: ; Xiaoyuan Chu. Email:

Oncologie 2022, 24(3), 599-604. https://doi.org/10.32604/oncologie.2022.023310

Received 20 April 2022; Accepted 31 May 2022; Issue published 19 September 2022

Abstract

Gastric cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide in 2020. Gastric cancer usually undergoes lymph node metastasis and implantation metastasis, but bone metastasis and bone marrow invasion are rare. However, gastric cancer patients with bone marrow invasion usually have cancer emergency, so special attention should be paid in clinical practice. Herein, we analyzed the clinical characteristics of an asian gastric cancer patient with bone marrow invasion and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in our hospital and summarized the diagnosis and treatment experience to provide a reference for such diseases.

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