Nikolas
Created page with "'''Organ''': Stomach, uterus, ovaries '''Description''': The stomach is whitish, fibrotic and diffusely thickened. The two ovaries both contain metastases. The uterus is normal. '''Diagnosis''': Linitis plastica with Krukenberg tumor '''Causes''': * Helicobacter pylori * Alcohol * Smoking * Epstein Barr virus * Intestinal metaplasia '''Theory''': The signet ring cells found in the diffuse type stomach cancer evoke a desmoplastic reaction, meaning that scar tissue..."