A case report of challenges in distinguishing gastroesophageal junction hepatoid adenocarcinoma from testicular germ cell tumor: Insights for improved diagnosis with gene expression profiling

Author:

Yazdanpanah Omid1ORCID,Lee Fa-Chyi1,Houshyar Roozbeh2,Nourbakhsh Mahra3,Mar Nataliya1

Affiliation:

1. Division of Hematology and Oncology, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

2. Department of Radiology, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

3. Department of Pathology, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

Abstract

Gastroesophageal junction hepatoid adenocarcinoma is a rare form of gastroesophageal cancer. We present a case of a 38-year-old man with no significant medical history who was diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction hepatoid adenocarcinoma but initially misdiagnosed with a testicular germ cell tumor, given the elevated alpha-feto protein and poorly differentiated pathology. We will elaborate on the importance of gene expression profiling in modern oncology to better define the tumor of origin in patients with cancer of unknown primary origin, how it helped us to diagnose gastroesophageal junction hepatoid adenocarcinoma and how it can help identify potential additional therapeutic targets in some cases. Due to the rarity of this subtype of gastroesophageal junction cancer there is a lack of standard therapeutic options, and we will discuss the most commonly used treatment regimens. The patient underwent three lines of antineoplastic therapy and unfortunately passed after 51 weeks of follow-up.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

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