Yolk sac carcinoma of the stomach with gastrin positivity.
A gastric antral tumor histologically classified as a yolk sac carcinoma was studied immunohistochemically. The tumor contained immunoreactive alpha-fetoprotein and gastrin. This is the first yolk sac carcinoma in which neuroendocrine differentiation was demonstrated immunohistochemically.
Department of Pathology, General Hospital, Trencín, Slovakia.
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Zámecník
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Patriková
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Gomolcák
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
D005755:Gastrins