title: Early gastric carcinoma with oncocytic features and extensive metastases.
abstract: We present the case of a 63-year-old Caucasian woman with early gastric adenocarcinoma, suffering from extensive metastases at the time of initial presentation. Microscopic examination of the gastrectomy specimen revealed an invasive adenocarcinoma with oncocytic features. Interestingly, despite the fact that the carcinoma was pT1, it also was found to be N2, stage IV. The biologic behavior of oncocytic adenocarcinoma of the stomach is still unclear. We would like to present this case, so that its clinicopathological characteristics can be added to the few cases already published.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina 451 10, Greece. abatista@cc.uoi.gr
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batistatou
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doukas
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baltogiannis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panelos
authors.forename: Sevasti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamina
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos
authors.forename: Niki J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Agnantis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*