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Intraoperative Gastroscopy for Tumor Localization in Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Published on: August 9, 2016
Α-fetoprotein producing hepatoid gastric adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation: A case report
Tao Li1, Tongjun Liu, Min Wang
1Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Rationale:
Hepatoid gastric adenocarcinoma is a rare type of gastric cancer. The phenomenon of neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in gastrointestinal tumor needs further research. Both hepatoid adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine differentiation are the factors leading to a poor prognosis of gastric cancer. However, there is still no specific treatment.
Patient Concerns:
A 60-year-old man who had a pain and distention in his upper abdomen presented melena. Gastroscopy and pathology revealed a gastric cancer.
Diagnoses:
Postoperative pathology revealed a hepatoid gastric adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemical analysis showed a-fetoprotein (AFP), hepatocyte, synaptophysin (Syn), and chromogranin A (CgA) positive, and Ki67 60% positive. A-fetoprotein producing hepatoid gastric adenocarcinoma with NED is diagnosed.
Interventions:
The patient was treated with an R2 radical gastrectomy, but refused chemotherapy.
Outcomes:
The AFP level was >2000 ng/mL (0-8.78) half a year after the surgery. There was no obvious abnormality from computed tomography (CT). The patient refused positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) and left the hospital.
Lessons:
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine differentiation are the factors leading to a poor prognosis of gastric cancer. It relapses easily. Long-term follow-up and regular examinations are necessary to detect relapses.
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