Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is an inconspicuous and uncommon clinical sign of advanced malignant disease, especially gastric cancer. Pregnancy-associated gastric cancer is an extremely rare condition and can be di...Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is an inconspicuous and uncommon clinical sign of advanced malignant disease, especially gastric cancer. Pregnancy-associated gastric cancer is an extremely rare condition and can be difficult to diagnose, due to the absence or misinterpretation of symptoms as pregnancy-related. Diagnostic aids, such as a basic chemistry panel and imaging techniques, may not show any abnormalities. We present a case of a 37-year-old pregnant patient whose umbilical nodule was the first presenting physical sign of gastric cancer, which had metastasized throughout the abdominal and pelvic regions.展开更多
Objective: To determine whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor have any possible correlation with etiology of gestational trophoblastic diseases. Methods: Avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase techniques with...Objective: To determine whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor have any possible correlation with etiology of gestational trophoblastic diseases. Methods: Avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase techniques with polyclonal antibodies against EGF, EGFR were used to examine 53 cases of GTD, including complete hydatidiform mole(16),invasive mole(20),gestational choriocarcinoma(17).Results:EGF was mainly localized on syncytiotrophoblasts (ST), and was found less on cytotrophoblasts. Cytologic localization of EGFR showed the similar results. The positive rate of EGF and EGFR were 0.625, 0.813 in hydatidiform mole, 0.405, 0.450 in invasive mole and 0.118, 0.235 in gestational choriocarcinoma. There was significant difference of EGF or EGFR among hydatidiform mole group and other groups, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusion:The cellular levels of EGF and EGFR decreased gradually in the development of GTD. It implied that the autocrine and paracrine mechanism may play an important role on the proliferation and differentiation of trophoblast cells and the disorder of the system may lead to GTD malignant transformation.展开更多
文摘Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is an inconspicuous and uncommon clinical sign of advanced malignant disease, especially gastric cancer. Pregnancy-associated gastric cancer is an extremely rare condition and can be difficult to diagnose, due to the absence or misinterpretation of symptoms as pregnancy-related. Diagnostic aids, such as a basic chemistry panel and imaging techniques, may not show any abnormalities. We present a case of a 37-year-old pregnant patient whose umbilical nodule was the first presenting physical sign of gastric cancer, which had metastasized throughout the abdominal and pelvic regions.
文摘Objective: To determine whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor have any possible correlation with etiology of gestational trophoblastic diseases. Methods: Avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase techniques with polyclonal antibodies against EGF, EGFR were used to examine 53 cases of GTD, including complete hydatidiform mole(16),invasive mole(20),gestational choriocarcinoma(17).Results:EGF was mainly localized on syncytiotrophoblasts (ST), and was found less on cytotrophoblasts. Cytologic localization of EGFR showed the similar results. The positive rate of EGF and EGFR were 0.625, 0.813 in hydatidiform mole, 0.405, 0.450 in invasive mole and 0.118, 0.235 in gestational choriocarcinoma. There was significant difference of EGF or EGFR among hydatidiform mole group and other groups, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusion:The cellular levels of EGF and EGFR decreased gradually in the development of GTD. It implied that the autocrine and paracrine mechanism may play an important role on the proliferation and differentiation of trophoblast cells and the disorder of the system may lead to GTD malignant transformation.
