Advanced Gastric Neuroendocrine Carcinoma with an Adenocarcinoma Component

Advanced Gastric Neuroendocrine Carcinoma with an Adenocarcinoma Component

In the present study, we observed that the adenocarcinoma component in the mucosa was continuous with neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) in the deeper layers; this suggests the normal course of NEC carcinogenesis at the histological level. A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a chief comp...

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Main Authors: Masashi Miguchi, Masahiko Iseki, Kunihiko Shimatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Neuroendocrine carcinoma
Endocrine cell carcinoma
Gastric cancer
Adenocarcinomatous differentiation
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/336320

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