Α-fetoprotein producing hepatoid gastric adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation: A case report

Medicine
Tao LiMingwei Zhang

Abstract

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. A 60-year-old man who had a pain and distention in his upper abdomen presented melena. Gastroscopy and pathology revealed a gastric cancer. 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. The patient was treated with an R2 radical gastrectomy, but refused chemotherapy. 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. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine differentiation are the factors leading to a poor prognosis of gastric cancer. It relapses easily. Long-ter...Continue Reading

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