When carcinoma of stomach develops secondarily to pernicious anemia, it is usually situated in the:
Correct Answer: Fundus
Description: - Pernicious anemia is associated with autoimmune atrophic gastritis affecting most commonly Fundus > Body of stomach. - Intestinal metaplasia (premalignant for gastric carcinoma), is characteristically seen in this area of atrophic gastritis.
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