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Definition of carcinoma of the gastric cardia

Definition des Kardiacarcinoms

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Diese Untersuchung befaßt sich mit der Definition von Carcinomen der Kardia. An 182 Patienten, die weder Hiatushernien, Ulcera noch Neoplasien des Oesophagus bzw. des Magens aufwiesen, wurde die Lage des Übergangs von der Oesophagus- zur Magenmucosa (esophagogastric mucosal junction, EGJ) endoskopisch untersucht. Dann wurde die Beziehung zwischen EGJ und dem Drüsengebiet der Kardia histologisch anhand von 56 Resektaten mit intaktem EGJ und Kardiadrüsenzone untersucht. Außerdem wurde an 102 resezierten Carcinomen mit Sitz in der Nähe des gastrooesophagealen Übergangs die kürzeste Ent fernung zwischen Carcinomzentrum und EGJ und das Ausmaß der Oesophagusinfiltration bestimmt; die Proben schlossen den EGJ ein und konnten pathohistologisch beurteilt werden. Bei der radiologischen und endoskopischen Untersuchung fand sind der EGJ 0,5–1,0 cm vom His-Winkel entfernt. Die histologische Untersuchung zeigte, daß die Kardiadrüsenzone sich vom EGJ etwa 1 cm nach proximal und 2 cm nach distal erstreckt. Die meisten Tumoren des oberen Magens (87,5%), deren Zentrum innerhalb von 2 cm vom EGJ entfernt lag, infiltrierten in den Oesophagus. Ein Kardiacarcinom ist demzufolge als Läsion zu definieren, deren Zentrum innerhalb von 1 cm proximal und 2 cm distal des EGJ liegt.

Summary

This study concerns the definition of carcinoma of the gastric cardia. The topography of the esophagogastric mucosal junction (mucosal EGJ) was investigated with an endoscope in 182 patients who were free of hiatal hernias, ulcers, and neoplasms in the esophagus and stomach. The relationship between the EGJ and the cardiac gland area was then examined histologically in 56 resected specimens containing intact EGJs and cardia gland areas. Furthermore the cancerous center was determined; the shortest distance between the cancerous center and the EGJ and the amount of esophageal invasion were measured in 102 resected carcinomas located close to the junction; the carcinomas contained the EGJ and were good enough for pathohistological examination. The EGJ was located 0.5–1.0 cm proximal to the His angle (the gastric cardia) in radiological and endoscopic examinations. Histologically the cardiac gland area was found to straddle the EGJ at a range of about 1 cm proximal and 2 cm distal to the junction. Among the upper stomach carcinomas, most of the tumors (87.5%) whose center was located within 2 cm from the EGJ invaded the esophagus. In conclusion, carcinoma of the gastric cardia is defined as a lesion with its center located within 1 cm proximal and 2 cm distal to the EGJ.

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Misumi, A., Murakami, A., Harada, K. et al. Definition of carcinoma of the gastric cardia. Langenbecks Arch Chiv 374, 221–226 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01359557

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