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Gastric Mucosa Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis for Detecting Helicobacter pylori and Antibiotic Resistance
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Helicobacter pylori-negative Advanced Gastric Cancer with Massive Eosinophilia
Atsushi Takagi1, Hideki Ozawa1, Masayuki Oki1
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
The incidence of Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric cancer is very low. A 60-year-old man was referred to Tokai University Hospital from a local clinic because of eosinophilia. The laboratory data revealed prominent eosinophilia, with a white blood cell count of 7,900 /μL and increased eosinophil granulocyte level of 1,659 /μL. After an examination for secondary eosinophilia, esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed an enlarged gastric fold in the corpus, suggesting type 4 gastric cancer. Repeated esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and a re-biopsy demonstrated poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma. The patient was negative for Helicobacter pylori infection according to the serum anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody, culture and histopathological findings.
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