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Mucinous Carcinoma, Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

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Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Synonyms

Colloid carcinoma; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Mucoid carcinoma

Definition

Mucinous carcinoma is one of the five main types of gastric adenocarcinoma in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification scheme. These adenocarcinomas are characterized by the production of abundant intracellular and extracellular mucus; by convention, more than 50% of the tumor consists of extracellular mucus.

Clinical Features

  • Incidence

    Gastric carcinoma accounts for the fifth most common form of cancer worldwide. Mucinous gastric carcinoma compromises approximately 2–5% of all gastric carcinomas.

  • Age

    Incidence increases progressively with age and is not different from other types of gastric carcinoma.

  • Sex

    Men are more at risk of developing gastric cancer than women. In the study of Choi et al., 77% of patients with mucinous gastric carcinoma were men, while in non-mucinous gastric carcinoma, 67% were men.

  • Site

    The entire stomach can be involved; most frequently, mucinous gastric carcinomas are...

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References and Further Reading

  • Bosman, F. T., Carneiro, F., Hruban, R. H., & Theise, N. D. (2010). WHO classification of tumours of the digestive system (4th ed.). Lyon: IARC.

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  • Choi, J. S., Kim, M. A., Lee, H. E., Lee, H. S., & Kim, W. H. (2009). Mucinous gastric carcinomas: Clinicopathologic and molecular analyses. Cancer, 115(15), 3581–3590.

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  • Chu, P. G., Chung, L., Weiss, L. M., & Lau, S. K. (2011). Determining the site of origin of mucinous adenocarcinoma: An immunohistochemical study of 175 cases. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology, 35(12), 1830–1836.

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  • Sung, C. O., Lee, S. M., Choi, J. S., Kim, K. M., Choi, M. G., Noh, J. H., et al. (2012). Tumor size predicts survival in mucinous gastric carcinoma. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 106(6), 757–764.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Postbox 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Chella R. S. van der Post

  2. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

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  1. Chella R. S. van der Post
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Correspondence to Chella R. S. van der Post .

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  1. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

  2. Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  4. Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Ensari

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van der Post, C.R., Carneiro, F. (2017). Mucinous Carcinoma, Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1654

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