• 1. Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Radiology, Sanya City People’s Hospital/ West China Sanya Hospital, Sichuan University, Sanya, Hainan 572000 , P. R. China;
YANG Ling, Email: florialinda@163.com
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Hepatoid adenocarcinoma is a rare extrahepatic malignant tumor with pathological characteristics similar to hepatocellular carcinoma. It is more common in the gastrointestinal tract and patients often have a history of hepatitis and elevated serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP). In clinical practice, patients may seek medical treatment due to liver lesions or elevated AFP, while primary gastrointestinal lesions are easily ignored. The author presents imaging findings of two patients who were diagnosed with hepatoid adenocarcinoma of stomach (HAS) due to elevated AFP in our hospital. By summarizing their clinical imaging characteristics and sorting out various clinical conditions that may cause elevated serum AFP, in order to improve the recognition and differential diagnosis of HAS.