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ArticleOpen life sciences2023

Clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma.

Yang-Kun Wang, Li Ma, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Yue Wang, Ping Li, Bo Jiang, Su-Nan Wang

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  2. Assessing clinical pathological characteristics and gene expression patterns associated with hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  3. Unusual or Uncommon Histology of Gastric Cancer.Journal of gastric cancer · 2024
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Yang-Kun WangDepartment of Pathology, The Fourth People's Hospital of Longgang District, Shenzhen 518123, China.
Li MaClinical Laboratory Department of the 989th Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force, Luoyang 471031, China.
Zhi-Qiang WangDepartment of Pathology, Foresea Life Insurance Guangzhou General Hospital, Guangzhou 511300, China.
Yue WangShenzhen Hezheng Hospital, Shenzhen 518053, China.
Ping LiDepartment of Pathology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518036, China.
Bo JiangDepartment of Pathology, No. 990 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force, Zhumadian 463000, China.
Su-Nan WangShenzhen Polytechnic, Xili Lake, Xilihu Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma. Histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) gene testing were conducted for seven cases of gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma. In histomorphological terms, all seven cases involved pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, accounting for more than 10% of the entire tumor, with pleomorphic spindle cells and giant cells mixed with various histomorphological structures of adenocarcinoma with high, intermediate, and low differentiation. There was large heterogeneity in the HER2 protein expression and HER2 gene amplification in the gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, and both levels of HER2 were focal in three cases, accounting for 42.9% (3/7). The mismatch repair gene proteins MLH1, MSH2, PMS2, and MSH6 were positive. Routine immunohistochemical markers, i.e., pan-cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen, villin, caudal-type homeobox 2, E-cadherin, and p53, were positive in the gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma, while vimentin, calponin, smooth muscle actin, nestin, S-100, cluster of differentiation (CD) 99, desmin, and CD34 were focally expressed in both the spindle and the giant cells, with Ki-67-positive cells accounting for 70-80%. Gastric pleomorphic giant cell carcinoma presents multiple histomorphological features and is easily confused with various tumors. Clarifying the histopathological features of this type of tumor is important for differential diagnosis and precise treatment.

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differential diagnosisgastric tumorsHER2 genehistomorphologyimmunohistochemistrypleomorphic giant cell carcinoma

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