Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature
Alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer is a rare variant of gastric adenocarcinoma. This tumor is likely to be misdiagnosed, particularly in patients with liver metastasis. This rare subgroup of gastric carcinoma may show divergent differentiation on histology and may pose a diagnostic challenge...
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| author | Pritinanda Mishra Chinmayee Panigrahi Susama Patra Hemant K. Nayak Manas K. Panigrahi Subash C. Samal |
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| description | Alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer is a rare variant of gastric adenocarcinoma. This tumor is likely to be misdiagnosed, particularly in patients with liver metastasis. This rare subgroup of gastric carcinoma may show divergent differentiation on histology and may pose a diagnostic challenge to the pathologist. They have an aggressive course with a dismal prognosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c4e9f6e7b8474f2a9728d32b3136065e2025-08-20T03:08:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49290974-51302025-01-0168117617910.4103/ijpm.ijpm_389_23Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literaturePritinanda MishraChinmayee PanigrahiSusama PatraHemant K. NayakManas K. PanigrahiSubash C. SamalAlpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer is a rare variant of gastric adenocarcinoma. This tumor is likely to be misdiagnosed, particularly in patients with liver metastasis. This rare subgroup of gastric carcinoma may show divergent differentiation on histology and may pose a diagnostic challenge to the pathologist. They have an aggressive course with a dismal prognosis.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_389_23alpha-fetoprotein gastric cancerdivergent differentiationmetastasis |
| spellingShingle | Pritinanda Mishra Chinmayee Panigrahi Susama Patra Hemant K. Nayak Manas K. Panigrahi Subash C. Samal Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology alpha-fetoprotein gastric cancer divergent differentiation metastasis |
| title | Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature |
| title_full | Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature |
| title_fullStr | Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature |
| title_short | Alpha-fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation: Report of a rare case with review of literature |
| title_sort | alpha fetoprotein producing gastric cancer with divergent differentiation report of a rare case with review of literature |
| topic | alpha-fetoprotein gastric cancer divergent differentiation metastasis |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_389_23 |
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