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False statement about diffuse carcinoma of the stomach is:

A
It is seen mostly in older individuals
B
Leather Bottle appearance
C
Loss of expression of E-cadherin
D
Poorer prognosis
High-Yield Explanation
Gastric adenocarcinomas divided into two categories: Diffuse type It Infiltrate and thicken the stomach wall without forming a discrete mass In younger patients Linitis plastica, or "leather bottle" appearance Loss of expression of E-cadherin Carry a poorer prognosis Intestinal type Frequently ulcerative Commonly appear in the antrum and lesser curvature Precancerous process, often initiated by Helicobacter pylori infection Ref: Harrison,E-18,P-765

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