Linitis plastica, also known as Brinton`s disease or leather bottle stomach, is a morphological variant of diffuse (or infiltrating) stomach cancer. Causes of linitis plastica could be lye ingestion or metastatic infiltration of the stomach, particularly breast and lung carcinoma. It is not associated with H. pylori infection or chronic gastritis....
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Diffuse fibrous proliferation of the submucous connective tissue of the stomach, resulting in thickening and fibrosis so that the stomach is constricted, inelastic, and rigid (like a leather bottle). It is almost always a manifestation of adenocarcinoma but is also seen in benign conditions such as gastric syphilis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. originally believed to be an inflammatory condition, but now recognized to be due to infiltrating scirrhous carcinoma causing extensive thickening of the wall of the stomach; often called leather-bottle stomach.
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