Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Stomach: A Case Report

Rukhsana Akhter, Mehnaaz Sultan Khuroo, Zubair Ahmad Dar (), Nazia Qayoom and Nazia Bhat
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Rukhsana Akhter: Senior Resident, Department of pathology Government Medical College, Srinagar
Mehnaaz Sultan Khuroo: Asst. Professor, Department of pathology Government Medical College, Srinagar
Zubair Ahmad Dar: Lecturer Zoology, Department of Education Srinagar-190 006, J&K, India
Nazia Qayoom: Senior Resident, Department of pathology Government Medical College, Srinagar
Nazia Bhat: Senior Resident, Department of pathology Government Medical College, Srinagar

International Journal of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, 2015, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: Gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare and have a poor prognosis. The present case concerns with a 55 year old female who presented with complaints of recurrent vomiting on and off, hematemesis and weight loss and history of lumbar stenosis. Esophagogastroduedenostomy (EGD) showed a large ulcerated growth in the antrum. Computed tomography abdomen revealed an ill defined soft tissue density in  the gastric antrum, a partial gastrectomy was performed. Microscopic evaluation revealed a neuroendocrine neoplasm. Immunohistochemically positive for Chromogranin A and Non Specific Enolase (NSE). A diagnosis of Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach was given based on recent WHO classification of Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the stomach and on mitotic index with reference to grading scale.

Keywords: Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Mitotic index; Immunohistochemistry. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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