Linitis plastica is a widely used term for Brinton's disease (also known as leather bottle stomach), a morphological variant of diffuse (or infiltrating) stomach cancer. In some texts, the term is also used to describe the condition of a rigid, non-distensible stomach which may be caused by a non-malignant condition such as a caustic injury to the stomach.
Linitis plastica is a type of adenocarcinoma and accounts for 3-19% of gastric adenocarcinomas. Causes of cancerous linitis plastica are commonly ...
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