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Bedi HK, Motomura D, Shahidi N. Gastric cystica profunda: Another indication for minimally invasive endoscopic resection techniques? World J Gastroenterol 2024; 30:3278-3283. [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i27.3278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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Gastric cancer presents a significant global health burden, as it is the fifth most common malignancy and fourth leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Variations in incidence rates across regions underscores the multifactorial etiology of this disease. The overall 5-year survival rate remains low despite advances in its diagnosis and treatment. Although surgical gastrectomy was previously standard-of-care, endoscopic resection techniques, including endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) have emerged as effective alternatives for early lesions. Compared to surgical resection, endoscopic resection techniques have comparable 5-year survival rates, reduced treatment-related adverse events, shorter hospital stays and lower costs. ESD also enables en bloc resection, thus affording organ-sparing curative endoscopic resection for early cancers. In this editorial, we comment on the recent publication by Geng et al regarding gastric cystica profunda (GCP). GCP is a rare gastric pseudotumour with the potential for malignant progression. GCP presents a diagnostic challenge due to its nonspecific clinical manifestations and varied endoscopic appearance. There are several gaps in the literature regarding the diagnosis and management of GCP which warrants further research to standardize patient management. Advances in endoscopic resection techniques offer promising avenues for GCP and early gastric cancers.
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- Harjot K Bedi
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6Z 2K5, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6Z 2K5, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6Z 2K5, BC, Canada
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Shimizu S, Hara H, Muto Y, Kido T, Miyata R. Gastritis cystica profunda in an unoperated stomach mimicking a pyloric submucosal tumor and causing anorexia: A case report and literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2024; 103:e37652. [PMID: 38552036 PMCID: PMC10977580 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000037652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP), commonly observed in remnant gastric anastomosis, is associated with developing gastric cancer. CASE This case report describes a patient with GCP in a previously unoperated stomach that mimicked a pyloric submucosal tumor and caused anorexia, which is rare in clinical practice. PATIENT CONCERNS A 72-year-old woman presented with loss of appetite and weight. DIAGNOSES Gastroscopy detected a 20 mm diameter submucosal tumor near the pylorus. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging identified a cystic lesion, unlike a usual submucosal tumor in the stomach. The diagnosis was difficult, even with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. INTERVENTIONS Surgery was performed for diagnosis and treatment. The lesion was resected using a submucosal dissection technique after an incision of the gastric wall during open laparotomy. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of GCP and revealed no dysplasia or cancer. OUTCOMES Anorexia resolved after the surgery. Residual or recurrent lesions were not detected during follow-up examinations performed 1 year after surgery. LESSONS GCP occurring in a previously unoperated stomach as a macroscopic lesion like a submucosal tumor causing some symptoms is rare. GCP is associated with a risk of developing cancer. Therefore, careful evaluation and management during treatment are required.
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- Seito Shimizu
- Department of Surgery, Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Saiseikai Kazo Hospital, Kazo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Saiseikai Kazo Hospital, Kazo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Saiseikai Kazo Hospital, Kazo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Saiseikai Kazo Hospital, Kazo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc., Saiseikai Kazo Hospital, Kazo, Japan
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Wang R, Lu H, Yu J, Huang W, Li J, Cheng M, Liang P, Li L, Zhao H, Gao J. Computed tomography features and clinical characteristics of gastritis cystica profunda. Insights Imaging 2022; 13:14. [PMID: 35072798 PMCID: PMC8786983 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-021-01149-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The diagnostic evidence of gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) are not adequately described due to its extremely low morbidity. This study aimed to analyze and summarize the comprehensive CT features and clinical characteristics of patients with GCP. Results Nineteen patients were enrolled, including eight men and eleven women, with a mean age of 55.53 years. Only one patient had the history of gastric polypectomy. Among the nineteen cases, two cases were in the gastric cardia, four in the gastric fundus, eight in the gastric body and five in the gastric antrum. The shapes were sphere in thirteen patients, hemisphere in five patients and diffuse in one patient. The mean size of eighteen local lesions was 1.63 cm. The cystic changes in submucosa were detected in fifteen patients. Compared with the pancreas, most GCP lesions were hypo-attenuated on unenhanced CT (n = 8), in arterial phase (AP) (n = 17) and venous phase (VP) (n = 11). Fifteen patients had the peak enhancement in VP and two in AP. The rim-like enhancement with central low attenuation was clearly observed in thirteen patients. For the GCP accompanied by adenocarcinoma, the enhancement peak was present in AP and the gradual expansion of enhancement area was in VP. All patients underwent surgical or endoscopic resection. Sixteen cases had remission of symptoms and no recurrence. Conclusions The careful analysis of CT features and clinical characteristics can provide support for deepening the understanding of the GCP. However, a more accurate diagnosis depends on histopathological features.
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Li C, Song S, Wu G, Zhang Z. Gastritis cystica profunda: clinical and pathologic study of seven cases and review of literature. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2021; 14:261-266. [PMID: 33564359 PMCID: PMC7868783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare lesion characterized by hyperplasia and cystic dilatation of the gastric glands in the submucosal layer. Here we report seven cases of GCP. The patients are 5 women and 2 men with a mean age of 62 (range, 42-82) years at the time of diagnosis. The patients presented with abdominal distension, sour regurgitation, and heartburn. One case had the previous gastric surgery and the other six cases had no special history. The lesions were located in the fundus (4/7), corpus (1/7), cardia (1/7), and antrum (1/7). Endoscopic analysis revealed pedunculated polyps, or a dome-shaped polyp. Histologically, all cases showed dilated tubular glands, mainly located in the submucosa, among the muscularis mucosa, and occasionally in the lamina propria. The glands were lined by bland single columnar epithelium with infolding features in some areas. Mitotic activity and marked cellular atypia were not present. The stroma in some cases was mildly edematous with infiltrated lymphocytes and plasma cells. There was no epithelial dysplasia in the overlying mucosa. Immunohistochemically, the Ki-67 index was < 1%. P53 immunostaining was generally characterized as wild type in all cases. Based on the morphology of the glands and the cells and the possible mechanism of hyperplasia and cystic dilatation of the gastric glands, it is easy to differentiate GCP from a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma.
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- Congyang Li
- Department of Pathology, People's Liberation Army 989 Hospital Room 44, Jianshe Road, Pingdingshan 467000, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathology, People's Liberation Army 989 Hospital Room 44, Jianshe Road, Pingdingshan 467000, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathology, People's Liberation Army 989 Hospital Room 44, Jianshe Road, Pingdingshan 467000, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Pathology, People's Liberation Army 989 Hospital Room 44, Jianshe Road, Pingdingshan 467000, Henan, P. R. China
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DÜZENLİ T, TANOĞLU A, KÜÇÜKODACI Z. An extremely rare gastric lesion: gastritis cystica profunda. JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND MEDICINE 2020. [DOI: 10.32322/jhsm.768820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Deng S, Cao Y, Shen L, Wang J, Tao K, Wang G, Li J, Cai K. Bile reflux gastritis cystica profunda: A case report and literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e15295. [PMID: 31027092 PMCID: PMC6831260 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000015295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) is a rare gastric lesion involving cystic dilation of the gastric glands extending into the submucosa. It is usually observed at anastomotic sites in the stomach of patients who have undergone gastric procedures. Bile reflux GCP is rare in patients who have not undergone gastric surgery. Here, we report a rare case of a patient with GCP associated with bile reflux, who had no history of gastric surgery. PATIENT CONCERNS A 50-year-old man presented with intermittent abdominal fullness for 2 years, along with nausea. He had never undergone gastric surgery. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) showed a thickened gastric wall and an echo-poor submucosal layer of the gastric fundus. A 3 cm × 2 cm × 1.5 cm lesion was noted. DIAGNOSIS Bile reflux GCP INTERVENTIONS:: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) were performed, and the lesion was removed. Conventional pathological examination revealed GCP with glands hyperplasia and a yellow-brown deposit, which was considered bile. The findings were consistent with a diagnosis of GCP without malignancy. OUTCOMES Upper gastrointestinal barium meal revealed postoperative changes at the gastric fundus. Gastroscopy performed at 6 months after surgical resection showed superficial gastritis with bile reflux. LESSONS The findings suggest that GCP etiology varies and that GCP can be caused by bile reflux but without malignancy. Additionally, GCP is not limited to patients who have previously undergone gastric surgery. Moreover, it is difficult to identify. EUS and ESD might be good approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of GCP.
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Wang Y, Chen JJ, Wang XF, Wang Q. Clinical and prognostic significance of Raf kinase inhibitory protein expression in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24:2508-2517. [PMID: 29930472 PMCID: PMC6010945 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i23.2508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To detect the expression of Raf kinase inhibitory protein (RKIP) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and to analyze its relationship with clinicopatholgical characteristics and prognosis of this disease.
METHODS Sixty-three patients with pathologically diagnosed GISTs who underwent surgical resection at the Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from January 2011 to January 2015 and had complete clinical, pathological, and follow-up data were included. Immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of RKIP in GIST tissue samples from these patients. Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate the survival rate of 60 patients with complete follow-up data, and Cox regression analysis was performed to identify factors affecting the prognosis of patients GISTs to evaluate further the diagnostic and prognostic value of RKIP in GISTs.
RESULTS In GIST tissues, RKIP positive signals, manifesting as brownish yellow or brown granules, were located in the cytoplasm or on the membrane. Of 63 tissue samples included in this study, 34 (54%) were positive and 29 (46%) were negative for RKIP expression. Statistical analysis showed that RKIP expression in GISTs was significantly associated with tumor size, National Institutes of Health (NIH) risk grade, and mucosal invasion, but had no significant association with age, gender, tumor location, or the number of mitotic figures. Univariate Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 94.4%, 89.2%, and 80.5% for patients with positive RKIP expression, and 88.6%, 68.2%, and 48.2% for patients with negative RKIP expression, suggesting that patients with high RKIP expression had significantly higher survival rates than those with low expression (Log-rank test, P = 0.0015). Cox regression analysis demonstrated that NIH risk grade was significantly associated with the prognosis of GISTs (P = 0.037), suggesting that NIH risk grade is a significant predictor of the prognosis of GISTs. RKIP expression had a tendency to predict the survival of GISTs (P = 0.122), suggesting that RKIP expression may have appreciated value to predict the prognosis of GISTs.
CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that: (1) RKIP expression in GISTs is associated with tumor size, NIH risk grade, and mucosal invasion, and low or no expression of RKIP predicts a high malignancy potential; (2) high RKIP correlates positively with the survival of patients with GISTs; and (3) RKIP expression has appreciated value for predicting the survival of patients with GISTs, although it is not an independent prognostic factor in GISTs.
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- Yang Wang
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
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Xia JY, Ji XL. Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma may be misdiagnosed as gastritis cystica profunda. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2017; 25:3089-3093. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v25.i35.3089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in China. The low detection rate of early GC is one of the reasons for its high mortality rate. Thanks to the application of new gastroscopy technology, the detection rate of early GC has increased. Highly differentiated adenocarcinoma accounts for about 70% of all early GC cases; however, well-differentiated adenocarcinoma is difficult to diagnose because of its non-significant structural abnormality and cellular atypia. Gastritis cystica profunda is a rare disease characterized by the presence of the gastric intrinsic gland in the muscularis mucosa and/or submucosa, which is easily confused with highly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Therefore, attention should be paid to the identification of these two different entities in the clinical work.
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- Jing-Yuan Xia
- Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100039, China
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Guo TJ, Qin JY, Zhu LL, Wang J, Yang JL, Wang YP. Feasible endoscopic therapy for early gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:13325-31. [PMID: 26715816 PMCID: PMC4679765 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i47.13325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Revised: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To analyze the relationship between lymph node metastasis and clinical pathology of early gastric cancer (EGC) in order to provide criteria for a feasible endoscopic therapy. METHODS Clinical data of the 525 EGC patients who underwent surgical operations between January 2009 and March 2014 in the West China Hospital of Sichuan University were analyzed retrospectively. Clinical pathological features were compared between different EGC patients with or without lymph node metastasis, and investigated by univariate and multivariate analyses for possible relationships with lymph node metastasis. RESULTS Of the 2913 patients who underwent gastrectomy with lymph node dissection, 529 cases were pathologically proven to be EGC and 525 cases were enrolled in this study, excluding 4 cases of gastric stump carcinoma. Among 233 patients with mucosal carcinoma, 43 (18.5%) had lymph node metastasis. Among 292 patients with submucosal carcinoma, 118 (40.4%) had lymph nodemetastasis. Univariate analysis showed that gender, tumor size, invasion depth, differentiation type and lymphatic involvement correlated with a high risk of lymph node metastasis. Multivariate analysis revealed that gender (OR = 1.649, 95%CI: 1.091-2.492, P = 0.018), tumor size (OR = 1.803, 95%CI: 1.201-2.706, P = 0.004), invasion depth (OR = 2.566, 95%CI: 1.671-3.941, P = 0.000), histological differentiation (OR = 2.621, 95%CI: 1.624-4.230, P = 0.000) and lymphatic involvement (OR = 3.505, 95%CI: 1.590-7.725, P = 0.002) were independent risk factors for lymph node metastasis. Comprehensive analysis showed that lymph node metastasis was absent in patients with tumor that was limited to the mucosa, size ≤ 2 cm, differentiated and without lymphatic involvement. CONCLUSION We propose an endoscopic therapy for EGC that is limited to the mucosa, size ≤ 2 cm, differentiated and without lymphatic involvement.
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