Primary gastric yolk sac tumour
SQUMJ-Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2018; 18 (3): 383-385
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ABSTRACT
Primary gastric yolk tumours are extremely rare. We report a 52-year-old male who presented to the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2017 after having undergone a gastrectomy abroad due to a suspected poorly-differentiated adenocarcinoma. The patient subsequently returned to Oman to receive chemotherapy. However, while undergoing chemotherapy, an abdominal computed tomography scan revealed a lobulated mesenteric mass. Microscopic examination of the resected lesion confirmed a diagnosis of a yolk sac tumour. The mass was diffusely positive for á-fetoprotein [AFP] and a gastric carcinoma stain was negative. Gastrectomy slides from the patient's previous surgery were examined retrospectively. The morphology was typical for a yolk sac tumour and was negative for epithelial markers. An AFP stain showed diffuse immunoreactivity. Thus, the patient was deemed to have had a primary gastric yolk sac tumour which had later metastasised to the mesocolon. Germ cell tumour protocols were initiated and the patient responded well to treatment
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Méditerranée orientale
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Sultan Qaboos Univ. Med. J.
Année:
2018
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