A Early Gastric Cancer Developing after <i>Helicobacter pylori </i>Eradication due to Duodenal Ulcer

Case Report

The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2008;8(2):114-118.
Published online December 10, 2008.

A Early Gastric Cancer Developing after Helicobacter pylori Eradication due to Duodenal Ulcer

십이지장 궤양으로 Helicobacter pylori를 제균 치료한 후 발생한 조기 위암 1예

강현우ㆍ강해연ㆍ김상균ㆍ김주성ㆍ정현채ㆍ송인성

서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 간연구소

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection has been reported to be a risk factor of gastric cancer. On the one hand, duodenal ulcer is known to be a protective factor of gastric cancer. We report a 52 year-old woman who was diagnosed as early gastric cancer at 4 years after eradication of Helicobacter pylori due to duodenal ulcer. Before 4 years, there was no atrophy or intestinal metaplasia in antrum and body. This is a case in which early gastric cancer developed despite eradication of Helicobacter pylori and history of duodenal ulcer without atrophy or intestinal metaplasia. (The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2008;8:114-118)

Key Words: Helicobacter pylori, Duodenal ulcer, Gastric cancer