Early Gastric Stump Carcinoma with Rhabdoid Features. Case Report

Primary Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Stomach, a Rare Case Report and Review of Literature

“…A retrospective review of the outcomes of the current case and previously published literature showed that most of the patients with this morphology in gastric cancer have died in less than a year [8,21], so recognition of the rhabdoid phenotype in the stomach is very important because this feature is associated with poor prognosis and unresponsiveness to the conventional therapy.…”

“…Rhabdoid tumor, first described as a renal tumor in infants and children, is a very aggressive malignancy [8]. Presumably, it originates from primitive pluripotent cells of the renal medulla, showing no ultrastructural or immunohistochemical signs of myo-genic differentiation [7].…”

“…Malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumors have been described in many extrarenal locations such as gastrointestinal tract [1][2][3][4][7][8][9][10][11][12], thyroid [13], lung [14], pancreas [15], and liver [16]. It has very rarely been reported in the stomach.…”

“…It has very rarely been reported in the stomach. All of these cases have been in the elderly patients, presented with GI bleeding, and showed large ulcerated masses [3,[7][8][9][10][11].…”

Malignant rhabdoid tumour in the stomach

“…Based on a retrospective literature review, it was observed that gastric carcinoma patients with such morphology survive less than one year (12). In several studies, it was especially emphasized that the observation of rhabdoid characteristics in tumor cells was associated with poor prognosis (13).…”