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SUBMITTER: Yaguchi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5790714 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yaguchi Katsuki K Makazu Makomo M Hirasawa Kingo K Sugimori Makoto M Kobayashi Ryosuke R Sato Chiko C Ikeda Ryosuke R Fukuchi Takehide T Ishii Yasuaki Y Kaneko Hiroaki H Shibata Wataru W Yamanaka Shoji S Inayama Yoshiaki Y Maeda Shin S
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 20171011 24
Stomach cancer rarely develops in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), and Helicobacter pylori infection may increase the risk of FAP-related gastric cancer. We describe the case of a 64-year-old woman who developed multiple synchronous early gastric cancers without H. pylori infection. Nine cancer lesions were successfully treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection. An immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the tumors were positive for mucin (MUC)2, MUC6, and CDX2, but negat ...[more]