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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
An unusual primary malignant tumor of the stomach: fetal gutlike gastric adenocarcinoma with “blastoma”-like component
Human Pathology, Volume 67, Year 2017
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An unusual case of a polypoid, malignant gastric tumor in a 62-year-old man is presented. Endoscopy and subsequent polypectomy revealed an 8.5 × 6.5 × 4.5–cm lesion in the body of the stomach. Microscopy showed surface dysplasia with an invasive adenocarcinoma displaying prominent tubulopapillary areas composed of large vacuolated cells, pleomorphic nuclei, and occasional cytoplasmic hyaline globules. This component then blended with tubular structures lined by more primitive-appearing vacuolated cells embedded within a stroma made up of cellular primitive, high-grade blastemalike areas and less cellular, more pleomorphic foci with spindle and several bizarre, large cells. Immunohistochemistry showed the adenocarcinoma and primitive tubules to be strongly SALL4 and epithelial marker positive but with only focal expression of α-fetoprotein and glypican-3. The stromal component made up of blastemalike areas displayed strong immunoreactivity for glypican-3. The pleomorphic stromal areas were negative for all markers, including epithelial and muscle markers. The overall morphology and expression of primitive oncofetal proteins, especially SALL4 and glypican-3, are in keeping with this being a primitive adenocarcinoma showing fetal gutlike differentiation with an accompanying blastomalike component, a combination not previously described in a primary gastric cancer. © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chetty, Runjan M.
Canada, Toronto
University Health Network University of Toronto
Statistics
Citations: 3
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.humpath.2017.02.023
ISSN:
00468177
Research Areas
Cancer