J Gastric Cancer.  2014 Jun;14(2):135-137.

Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Prostatic Metastasis

• Roshni S
• Anoop TM
• Preethi TR
• Shubanshu
• Lijeesh AL

Abstract

Metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma to the prostate gland is extremely rare. Herein, we report a case of gastric adenocarcinoma in a 56-year-old man with prostatic metastasis diagnosed through the analysis of biopsy specimens from representative lesions in the stomach and prostate gland. Immunohistochemistry of the prostatic tissue showed positive staining for cytokeratin 7 and negative staining for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), whereas the serum PSA level was normal, confirming the diagnosis of prostatic metastasis from carcinoma of the stomach.

Keyword

Stomach neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma; Prostatic secondaries

MeSH Terms

Adenocarcinoma*
Biopsy
Diagnosis
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Keratin-7
Middle Aged
Negative Staining
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Prostate
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Stomach
Stomach Neoplasms
Keratin-7
Prostate-Specific Antigen

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