Gastric cancer with adenocarcinoma and yolk sac tumor components: A rare entity

Despite a sharp worldwide decline in the incidence and mortality due to gastric cancer during the second half of the 20th century, gastric cancer remains the world’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Variants of gastric cancer account for approximately 5% of all stomach carcinomas. Here...

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Autores principales: Yalaza, Metin, Kafadar, Mehmet Tolga, Turkan, Ahmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29270580
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2017.60437
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Sumario:Despite a sharp worldwide decline in the incidence and mortality due to gastric cancer during the second half of the 20th century, gastric cancer remains the world’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Variants of gastric cancer account for approximately 5% of all stomach carcinomas. Herein, we report on a rare case of combined germ cell tumor and adenocarcinoma that arose in the stomach of a 68-year-old woman with a high level of alpha-fetoprotein in the serum. Clinical and pathological findings are presented.

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