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We report herein the case of a 32-year-old woman who underwent distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer. Microscopic examination of the resected specimen revealed signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach with lymph node metastases, and endosalpingiosis in the normal lymph nodes. There was no evidence of malignancy in the peritoneal cavity. To our knowledge, no other case of endosalpingiosis in the lymph nodes along the stomach has ever been reported. The possible significance of endosalpingiosis is discussed following this case report.
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Tsuchiya, A., Kikuchi, Y., Matsuoka, T. et al. Endosalpingiosis of nonmetastatic lymph nodes along the stomach in a patient with early gastric cancer: Report of a case. Surg Today 29, 264–265 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483018
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