Three histologically different tiny gastric cancers developing adjacent to each other, resected endoscopically in a single mucosal piece

Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Oct;91(10):2200-2.

Abstract

In this report, we describe a case with triple tiny cancers of the stomach developing adjacent to each other and resected endoscopically in a single mucosal piece. The three cancers differed from each other histologically. The surrounding mucosa was atrophic pyloric gland mucosa with moderate to severe intestinal metaplasia. Both histological and serological examinations were negative for Helicobacter pylori. Each of the three cancer lesions was positive for mutant p53 product immunohistochemically. None of the cancers were positive for Epstein-Barr virus sequence in an in situ hybridization analysis. These lesions suggest that certain local conditions in the gastric mucosa can result in carcinogenesis of different histological types of gastric cancers.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / microbiology
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / microbiology
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / surgery*
  • Aged
  • Endoscopy
  • Genes, p53
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / pathology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / microbiology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Risk Factors
  • Stomach Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*