Case Report
Gastroblastoma in Adulthood—A Rarity among Rare Cancers—A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of gastroblastomas reported in the literature.
| Case | Age (yr) | Sex | Clinical features | Location | Tumor size (cm) | Lymph nodal/Distant metastases | Treatment | Follow-up (months) | Outcome |
| Miettinen et al. [1] | 30 | Male | Anemia, fatigue and abdominal mass | Gastric antrum | 15 × 12 | Absent | Antrectomy followed by radiation therapy | 168 | No recurrence | Miettinen et al. [1] | 27 | Female | Abdominal pain and mass | Greater curvature, gastric body | 6 × 4 × 3.5 | Absent | Partial gastrectomy | 60 | No recurrence | Miettinen et al. [1] | 19 | Male | Abdominal pain and mass | Greater curvature, gastric body | 5 × 4 × 2.5 | Absent | Subtotal gastrectomy | 36 | No recurrence | Pinto et al. [2] | 53 | Female | Heartburn and dyspepsia | Greater curvature, gastric antrum | 2.3 | Absent | Partial gastrectomy | 18 | No recurrence | Toumi et al. [3] | 29 | Female | Epigastric pain and hematemesis | Greater curvature, gastric body | 7 | Present | Partial gastrectomy with splenectomy | 6 | Recurrence | Na Zheng et al. [4] | 12 | Male | Bloody stool | | 7 | Absent | Subtotal gastrectomy | 8 | No recurrence | Yangyang Ma et al. [5] | 12 | Male | Intermittent blood in stool and abdominal pain | Gastric antrum | 4.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 | Absent | Subtotal gastrectomy | 8 | No recurrence | Teresa Fernandez et al. [6] | 19 | Female | Abdominal pain and mass | Gastric antrum | 10.5 | Absent | Partial distal gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy | 20 | No recurrence | Wey et al. [7] | 28 | Male | Constipation and abdominal mass | Distal stomach | 3.8 × 3.3 × 2.5 | Present | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by partial gastrectomy | 3 | Clinically stable. No new lesions | Shin et al. [8] | 9 | Male | Abdominal pain and mass | Gastric antrum | 9 × 6.5 | Absent | Distal gastrectomy | 9 | No recurrence | Our case | 43 | Female | Intestinal bleeding | Gastric antrum | 5.3 | Absent | Partial gastrectomy | 100 | No recurrence |
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