A Case of Helicobacter pylori-negative Advanced Gastric Cancer with Massive Eosinophilia.

A Case of Helicobacter pylori-negative Advanced Gastric Cancer with Massive Eosinophilia. Intern Med. 2018 Feb 09;: Authors: Takagi A, Ozawa H, Oki M, Yanagi H, Nabeshima K, Nakamura N Abstract The incidence of Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric cancer is very low. A 60-year-old man was referred to Tokai University Hospital from a local clinic because of eosinophilia. The laboratory data revealed prominent eosinophilia, with a white blood cell count of 7,900/μl and increased eosinophil granulocyte level of 1,659/μl. After an examination for secondary eosinophilia, esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed an enlarged gastric fold in the corpus, suggesting type 4 gastric cancer. Repeated EGD and a re-biopsy demonstrated poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma and signet ring cell carcinoma. The patient was negative for Helicobacter pylori infection according to the serum anti-Helicobacter pylori antibody, culture and histopathological findings. PMID: 29434119 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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