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Gastroblastoma in Adulthood—A Rarity among Rare Cancers—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Giancarlo PruneriPatrizia GaspariniPaola ColliniChristian CotsoglouCecilia BrambillaAlessandro MangognaGiovanna GarzoneGiovanni CentonzeAlessio PellegrinelliFlavia MelottiMelissa Anna Teresa MonicaGianpaolo DagradaKetevani KankavaTiziana SalviatoBeatrice BelmonteValentina MontiMassimo MilioneLaura CattaneoAdele TestiVincenzo Mazzaferrosubject
0301 basic medicineepithelial-mesenchymal neoplasmPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyGastroblastomabusiness.industryrare biphasic neoplasmMEDLINECase ReportGeneral MedicinegastroblastomaSettore MED/08 - Anatomia PatologicaAdult age03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biology0302 clinical medicine030220 oncology & carcinogenesislcsh:PathologyMedicineDifferential diagnosisYoung adultbusinesslcsh:RB1-214description
Gastroblastoma (GB) is a rare gastric epithelial-mesenchymal neoplasm, first described by Miettinen et al. So far, all reported cases described the tumor in children or young adults, and similarities with other childhood blastomas have been postulated. We report a case of GB in a 43-year-old patient with long follow up and no recurrence up to 100 months after surgery. So far, this is the second case of GB occurring in the adult age >40-year-old. Hence, GB should be considered in the differential diagnosis of microscopically comparable conditions in adults carrying a worse prognosis and different clinical approach.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-01 | Case Reports in Pathology |