Early Gastric Cancer with Purely Enteroblastic Differentiation and No Conventional Adenocarcinoma Component

• Main Authors: Rin Yamada (Author), Shin-ichiro Horiguchi (Author), Tomoko Onishi (Author), Toru Motoi (Author), Tsunekazu Hishima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gastric carcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation (GCED) is a rare variant of gastric carcinoma, and a part of GCED produces alpha-fetoprotein. GCED is characterized by cells with clear cytoplasm and a tubulopapillary and solid growth pattern resembling those in the primitive gut. GCED is typical...