AN UNUSUAL CASE OF GASTRIC CARCINOMA PRESENTING WITH MULTIPLE BONE SECONDARIES
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Abstract : Carcinoma stomach can present with either gastrointestinal symptoms or with symptoms pertaining to its secondary deposits. Here is a case of a 40 year old male who presented with polyarthralgia, anaemia and non-specific abdominal symptoms, and diagnosed with multiple secondaries in bone, with primary lesion being undifferentiated adenocarcinoma stomach, with no evidence of other secondaries in liver, or lung.
Keyword :Carcinoma stomach- Undifferentiated Adenocarcinoma- Bone metastasis- Polyarthralgia
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