Abstract
Calcification of gastric carcinoma is extremely rare. All reported cases corresponded to a mutinous adenocarcinoma [I], 14 cases of calcified gastric carcinoma have been reported in the English language literature up to 1984 [2]. Since the first computed tomography (CT) demonstration of a calcified gastric carcinoma reported by Nishimura in 1984,6 new cases have been reported and of these, 5 were detected by CT [ 1,3-71. Case report A CT study of a 44-year-old man with anorexia, weight loss and dysphagia, showed a gastric mass which diffusely thickened the wall and extended from cardia to pylorus. There were multiple punctate calcifications within it (Fig la,b). There were no interfaces between the mass and the diaphragm, the left hepatic lobe, or the horizontal part of the duodenum. Barium meal examination showed irregularity of the gastric wall and punctate calcifications mainly along the
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