Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Diffuse Type (Linitis Plastica; Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma)
Image Description
Diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma with signet ring cell features (linitis plastica). This gastrectomy specimen shows no mucosal lesions but just a thickened, rigid wall with loss of rugal folds in the area of involvement.
Image courtesy of: Cory Nash, MS, PA (ASCP), Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; used with permission.
Image courtesy of: Cory Nash, MS, PA (ASCP), Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; used with permission.