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- Title
Alpha-Fetoprotein-Producing Gastric Cancer with Nonbiliary Pancreatitis.
- Authors
Yavuz, Arda; Güleç, Büşra; Girgin, Rabia Burçin; Tuncer, İlyas
- Abstract
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing gastric cancer (AFPGC) is a rare, aggressive tumor. In the absence of metastasis in diagnosis, close observation and long-term follow-up is needed to monitor and slow its progress. We report a young patient who presented with nonbiliary pancreatitis. Upon finding Virchow's nodule, we conducted tests and observed multiple lymph nodes and liver and pancreatic metastasis. We subsequently made a diagnosis of AFPGC. This study describes the different presentations of this rare but aggressive subtype of gastric cancer with a review of the literature.
- Subjects
STOMACH cancer; PANCREATITIS; LIVER metastasis; ALPHA fetoproteins; LYMPH nodes; CHRONIC pancreatitis
- Publication
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021, Vol 15, Issue 1, p80
- ISSN
1662-0631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000511294