Alpha-fetoprotein- and des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin-producing advanced gastric cancer

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Jun;14(6):687-91. doi: 10.1097/00042737-200206000-00015.

Abstract

A case of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) producing gastric cancer with multiple liver metastasis is reported. The simultaneous presence of Borrmann I gastric cancer and IIa aggregating type gastric cancer was noted. Borrmann I gastric cancer was a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, while IIa aggregating type gastric cancer was a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. Plasma levels of AFP and DCP were 247,000 ng/ml and 320,000 mAU/ml, respectively. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed the production of these two proteins in Borrmann I gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / metabolism*
  • Biomarkers*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / biosynthesis*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Protein Precursors / biosynthesis*
  • Prothrombin / biosynthesis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Protein Precursors
  • alpha-Fetoproteins
  • acarboxyprothrombin
  • Prothrombin