Gagtric Adenocarcinoma with Choriocarcinomatous and Hepatoid Differentiation: Report of a case
Korean Journal of Pathology
;
: 409-413, 1994.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Association of the hepatoid and choriocarcinomatous components in adenocarcinoma of the stomach is extremely unusual and raises a possibility of new approach understand the histogenesis of gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma. This paper describes a Borrmann type III adenocarcinoma of the stomach with both choriocarcinomatous and hepatoid components in composite tumor pattern in a 50-year-old man. Tubular arrangement of differentiated embryonalcarcinoma was encountered in choricarcinomatous and hepatoid areas, which showed strong immunoreactivity to beta-HCG and AFP, respectively. The findings suggest that gastric adenocarcinoma may have a potential of differentiation toward embryonal carcinoma. from which both choriocarcinoma and hepatoid variant of gastric adenocarcinoma may develop by retrodifferentiation.
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Main subject:
Adenocarcinoma
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pathology
Year:
1994
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Article
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