A rare case of metastatic germ cell tumor to stomach and duodenum masquerading as signet ring cell adenocarcinoma.
Adenocarcinomas are the most common cancers affecting stomach. However gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), lymphomas and neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) can also affect the stomach. But stomach is relatively rare site of involvement by metastasis. In this case report a rare metastasis of germ cell tumor (GCT) into stomach is described which clinically and endoscopically masquerade as primary gastric cancers. But detailed clinical examination and vigilant histopathological reporting proves the origin of tumor distant from stomach and thereby change the whole approach of management.
Tata Medical Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Srijan
S
Mazumdar
Tata Medical Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sridhar
S
Sundaram
Tata Medical Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Prachi
P
Patil
Tata Medical Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Shaesta
S
Mehta
Tata Medical Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Mukta
M
Ramadwar
Metastasis; adenocarcinoma; germ cell tumor (GCT); immunohistochemistry (IHC); stomach
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