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A Case of Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma without Involving Liver Parenchyme
Yoon Hee Jun, Tae Hun Kim, Kum Hei Ryu, So Yeon Lim, Ju Ho Lee, Shi Nae Lee
Ihwa Ŭidae chi 2007;30(1):61-66.   Published online March 30, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2007.30.1.61

Hepatoid adenocarcinoma was described by Ishikura in 1985 for the first time. It is a very rare variant of adenocarcinoma characterized by morphological and functional features of hepatocyte differentiation. It is most commonly presented as gastric adenocarcinoma with otherwise unexplained elevation of serum alpha-fetoprotein level. Most of the patients with gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma were diagnosed in advanced stages having vascular invasion and/or extensive metastasis in liver or lymph nodes. Accordingly, the prognosis of hepatoid adenocarcinoma is dismal. We experienced a typical case of gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma and described the clinical features.

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