Dos tumores, un solo cáncer, en una asociación no descrita
- 1 Servicio Gallego de Salud. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago. Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Santiago de Compostela, España
- 2 Servicio Gallego de Salud. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago. Medicina Interna. Santiago de Compostela, España
ISSN: 0304-4858, 2173-2302
Ano de publicación: 2021
Volume: 118
Número: 1
Páxinas: 42-45
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios
Resumo
Human hydatidosis is a disease caused by a cestode, Echinococcus granulosus. The disease is characterized for the appearance of cystic lesions in the liver and lungs. The presence of hydatidosis has been related to the appearance of different types of cancer and, recently, also with a certain protective anti-tumor effect mediated by the immune system. Specifically, an inverse relationship between hydatidosis and gastric cancer, mainly gastric adenocarcinoma, has been described. Among the less frequent gastric cancers is the undifferentiated gastric tumor. The possible association of hydatidosis with undifferentiated gastric cancer, to the best of our knowledge, has not been previously described. In the present paper, we present the case of a patient with previous hydatidosis who is diagnosed with an undifferentiated gastric tumor with discussion of this association and review of the literature.
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