Alpha-Fetoprotein-Producing Gastric Cancer With Delayed Diagnosis Caused by COVID-19: A Case Report

A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient had suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding during the course of the COVID-19 infection. Urgent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed. However, because of mobility restrictions imposed as a COVID-19 coun...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-07, Vol.14 (7)
Hauptverfasser:	Masuyama, Satoshi, Kanazawa, Mimari, Tominaga, Keiichi, Ishida, Kazuyuki, Irisawa, Atsushi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anemia Antigens Biopsy Blood pressure Blood tests Case reports Coronaviruses COVID-19 Cytomegalovirus Dehydrogenases Endoscopy Gastric cancer Gastroenterology Hospitals Infectious Disease Laboratories Magnetic resonance imaging Medical diagnosis Neutrophils Nitrogen Oncology Pandemics Patients Pneumonia Proteins Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Streptococcus infections Tomography Tumors Ulcers
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Zusammenfassung:	A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient had suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding during the course of the COVID-19 infection. Urgent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was performed. However, because of mobility restrictions imposed as a COVID-19 countermeasure, EGD was done in a small hospital room. Hemostatic treatment was successful, but no sufficient close examination could be done. The patient, who was diagnosed as having alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer, died about three months later.
ISSN:	2168-8184 2168-8184
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.27392