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Ultrasonography showed a large amount of pericardial effusion (arrow).
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Electrocardiography showed low voltage, and 2-dimensional ultrasonographic echocardiography revealed pericardial effusions with atrial and right ventricular early diastolic collapse, establishing the diagnosis of cardiac tamponade (fig. 1).
Pericardial biopsy revealed signet-ring cell cancer (arrows) of the stomach. HE. x400.
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The histopathological findings showed signet-ring cell cancer (fig. 2a).
a Upper gastric fiberscope examination showed irregular mucosa of the postoperative gastric wall. b The signet-ring cell cancer was diagnosed by histological examination. HE. x200.
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The signet-ring cell carcinoma of the operated stomach was revealed by gastric fiberscope examination (fig. 3a, b).