Question
Stomach appearance shown in photograph below is ?
A. Bormann 1.
B. Bormann 2.
C. Bormann 3.
D. Bormann 4.
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Correct Answer » D
Explanation
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Stomach appearance shown in photograph above represents Linitis plastica.
Linitis plastica is a descriptive term usually referring to the appearance of the stomach although the rectum can also be described this way. The appearance is said to be reminiscent of an old leather water-bottle.
The classification of advanced gastric cancer, proposed by Borrmann in 1926 according to the macroscopic aspect, is still widely used by surgeons, pathologists and endoscopists around the world.
The Borrmann type IV gastric adenocarcinoma (B IV), defined as infiltrative, may commit the stomach diffusely or in a localized fashion, in accordance with the extent of gastric involvement.
