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==Overview==
==Overview==
Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall such as [[lymphoma]], other forms of [[gastric adenocarcinoma]], [[menetrier's disease]], lymphoid hyperplasia, [[amyloidosis]] and granulomatous diseases.<ref name=op>Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.</ref><ref name=rp>Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015</ref>
Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall such as other forms of [[gastric adenocarcinoma]], [[lymphoma]], [[Menetrier's disease]], lymphoid hyperplasia, [[amyloidosis]] and granulomatous diseases.


==Differntial diagnosis==
==Differntial diagnosis==
Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall:<ref name=op>Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.</ref><ref name=rp>Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015</ref>
Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall:<ref name=op>Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.</ref><ref name=rp>Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015</ref>
*Malignant diseases
*Malignant diseases:
**Other forms of [[gastric adenocarcinoma]]
**Scirrhous adenocarcinoma
**[[Lymphoma]]  
**[[Lymphoma]]  
*Benign diseases
*Benign diseases:
**[[Menetrier's disease]]
**[[Menetrier's disease]]
**Lymphoid [[hyperplasia]]
**Lymphoid [[hyperplasia]]
**[[Amyloidosis]]
**[[Amyloidosis]]
**Granulomatous diseases
*Granulomatous diseases:
***[[Crohn's disease]]
**[[Crohn's disease]]
***[[Tuberculosis]]
**[[Tuberculosis]]
***[[Sarcoidosis]]
**[[Sarcoidosis]]
*Gastric scarring; due to corrosive ingestion


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 8 February 2019

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]

Overview

Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall such as other forms of gastric adenocarcinoma, lymphoma, Menetrier's disease, lymphoid hyperplasia, amyloidosis and granulomatous diseases.

Differntial diagnosis

Linitis plastica must be differentiated from other diseases that cause thickening of the gastric wall:[1][2]

References

  1. Gastric linitis plastica. Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=GB&Expert=36273 Accessed on November 12, 2015.
  2. Linitis plastica. Radiopedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/linitis-plastica Accessed on November 19, 2015


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