Gastric cancer with tumour thrombosis of the portal vein: literature review and clinical case

Abstract

Tumoural portal vein thrombosis is a rare manifestation in gastric cancer. There is no reliable information in the worldwide literature on the overall survival of this category of patients. Few clinical cases have been described. This is a clinical case: a patient has diagnosed with body and antral gastric cancer complicated by tumour thrombosis of the portal vein and ingrowth into the pancreas. The clinical case described by the authors demonstrates yours the relevance of a number of issues. How can we namely be staging, treatment options and prognosis. The aim of this publication is to draw attention to a rare but common category of patient in oncologists’ clinical practice.