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Gastric adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation (GAED) is rare, highly malignant, and has higher vascular invasion and metastasis rates than conventional differentiated gastric cancer (CDGC). We report two cases of GAED that underwent curative resection by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Case 1 was an 82-year-old man with an elevated lesion in the gastric cardia. Biopsy revealed well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. Pathological diagnosis of the ESD specimen revealed intramucosal gastric cancer without lymphovascular invasion (LVI). Although the surface layer of the lesion showed well and moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma, clear cytoplasmic cancer cells positive for Sal-like protein-4 (SALL4) and Glypican-3 were found in a part of the deep layer. Therefore, GAED was diagnosed as present in a part of the whole lesion and covered with CDGC. Case 2 was an 83-year-old man with an elevated lesion in the gastric angulus. Biopsy revealed papillary and well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinomas. Pathological diagnosis of the ESD specimen revealed intramucosal gastric cancer without LVI. The entire lesion was occupied by papillary and tubular cancer cells, and had clear vesicles. Pure GAED was diagnosed, because the cells were SALL4 positive. In both cases, resection was curative despite the difference in pathological features.

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Tsunetaka Kato, Takuto Hikichi, Jun Nakamura, Mika Takasumi, Minami Hashimoto, Ryoichiro Kobashi, Tadayuki Takagi, Rei Suzuki, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Yuki Sato, Yoshinori Okubo, Shunsuke Satake, Yuka Oka, Shoki Yamada, Masao Kobayakawa, Yuko Hashimoto, Hiromasa Ohira. Two cases of gastric adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation resected by endoscopic submucosal dissection. Clinical journal of gastroenterology. 2021 Jun;14(3):736-744

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