Volume 7, Issue 4 (Summer 2015)                   Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer 2015, 7(4): 195-197 | Back to browse issues page

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Gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma is a rare tumor which has a poor prognosis. Herein, we present a 55-year-old woman who presented with complaints of recurrent vomiting, hematemesis and weight loss. Endoscopic examination showed a large ulcerated mass in the antrum. Microscopic evaluation of the specimen taken through biopsy was compatible with a small round cell tumor. However, definitive histopathological diagnosis was made after surgical resection which revealed a neuroendocrine neoplasm immunohistochemically positive for Chromogranin A and Neuron specific enolase. As a result a diagnosis of neuroendocrine carcinoma of stomach was made for the patient.

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: Case report | Subject: Adults Hematology & Oncology
Accepted: 2015/10/18 | Published: 2015/10/20

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