Endoscopic features of fundic gland type gastric adenocarcinoma (GA-FG) have recently been established (1,2) but are not well-known worldwide. We encountered an instructive case of GA-FG in a 61-year-old woman. Screening esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a whitish, submucosal tumor-like protrusion with dilated vessels and a black spot in multiple fundic gland polyps (FGPs) in the fornix (Picture 1, 2). A regular arrangement of collecting venules (RAC) was found in the background. Narrow-band imaging showed dilatation of the crypt opening and intervening part (Picture 3).
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Endoscopic submucosal dissection was performed and histopathology(Picture 4) demonstrated well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma (tub1), gastric type, 9×6 mm, pT1b (pSM2), UL(-), Ly0, V0, pHM0, pVM0. The patient was carefully followed after considering the invasiveness and obtaining her informed consent.
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Cases of multiple FGPs with RAC should be investigated and attention should be paid to submucosal tumor-like protrusion with dilated vessels, so that the diagnosis of GA-FG is not missed.
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