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International Journal of Gastroenterology Disorders & Therapy Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJGDT-121, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2393-8498/2016/121
Case Report
A Case of Alpha-fetoprotein and Des-gamma-carboxy Prothrombin-Producing Gastric Carcinoma Mimicking Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Masahiro Hotta1, Moto Kashiwabara2, Masao Arai2, Hideaki Takasaki2, Kazuya Yamahatsu3, Junji Ueda3, Hiroshi Yoshida1*, Hiroshi Makino1, Zenya Naitoh4 and Eiji Uchida3

1Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama city, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan
2Department of Surgery, Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital, 7 Chome-2-45 Shittechuo, Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture 314-0112, Japan
3Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
4Department of Pathology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
Prof. Hiroshi Yoshida, Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama city, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan; E-mail: hiroshiy@nms.ac.jp
06 January 2016; 09 April 2016; 11 April 2016
Hotta M, Kashiwabara M, AraiM, Takasaki H, Yamahatsu K, et al. (2016) A Case of Alpha-fetoprotein and Des-gamma-carboxy Prothrombin–Producing Gastric Carcinoma Mimicking Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Int J Gastroenterol Disord Ther 3: 121. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2393-8498/2016/121
© 2016 Hotta et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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