title: A case of alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer in a child presenting with rupture of multiple liver metastases.
abstract: We report a 14-year-old boy with alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer (AFPGC) who was found with ruptured metastatic tumor in the liver. AFPGC is exceedingly rare in pediatric age. It often shows metastases to the liver and should be included in differential diagnoses of liver tumors with increased serum AFP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Mutsukawa, 2-138-4, Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan, erikotakeyama-tky@umin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takeyama
authors.forename: Mio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujishiro
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwanaka
authors.forename: Yukichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins