Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2014; 20(20): 6353-6356
Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6353
Laparoscopic resection of synchronous gastric cancer and primary small intestinal lymphoma: A case report
Ding-Wei Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Fei Yan, Yi-Ping Mou
Ding-Wei Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Fei Yan, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Chen DW and Mou YP contributed equally to this work; Chen DW, Yan JF and Mou YP designed the surgical strategy; Chen DW, Pan Y and Mou YP performed the operation; Chen DW and Pan Y analyzed data; Chen DW and Yan JF wrote the paper.
Supported by Major Science and Technology Projects of Zhejiang Province, China, No. 2012C13014-4; and Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province, China, No. 2012ZA087
Correspondence to: Yi-Ping Mou, MD, FACS, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China. surgeon555@163.com
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Received: January 1, 2014
Revised: February 9, 2014
Accepted: March 5, 2014
Published online: May 28, 2014
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Core Tip

Core tip: Synchronous gastric cancer and primary small intestinal lymphoma are extremely rare. Only one such case has been reported in English literature. We here report a case of a 49-year-old woman with synchronous gastric cancer and primary small intestinal lymphoma, who was successfully treated by combined laparoscopic resection and adjuvant chemotherapy.