Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2014; 20(40): 15001-15006
Published online Oct 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i40.15001
Gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma: A computed tomography report of six cases
An Ren, Feng Cai, Yan-Ning Shang, En-Sen Ma, Zhen-Guo Huang, Wu Wang, Jie Luo
An Ren, Yan-Ning Shang, En-Sen Ma, Zhen-Guo Huang, Wu Wang, Jie Luo, Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
Feng Cai, Department of Radiology, Beijing Union Hospital, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Beijing 100730, China
Author contributions: All authors participated in the content designing; Ren A and Cai F draft the manuscript; Shang YN and Ma ES performed the data analysis; Wang W revised and commented on the draft; Luo J provided pathological data supports.
Correspondence to: Feng Cai, MD, Department of Radiology, Beijing Union Hospital, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Beijing 100730, China. cai930087@163.com
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Received: March 22, 2014
Revised: May 7, 2014
Accepted: June 26, 2014
Published online: October 28, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach (HAS) has different clinicopathological features and prognosis compared with common stomach cancer without the hepatoid differentiation areas (non-HAS). This case report evaluated the computed tomography (CT) findings of patients with pathologically proved hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach. The results will aid the recognition of HAS and demonstrate that CT is useful in the differentiation of HAS from non-HAS.