Need someone w/medical background to help decipher diagnosis?

Thanks for all those who answer. Would you please indicate in layman terms what the following diagnosis would mean as my friend's family doctor isn't all that helpful in saying if this means cancer or not for their 90 year old relative who passed out and was rushed to hospital. Had ulcers in the past and overall good health.

DIAGNOSIS:

A. Stomach, Antrum Biopsy
1. Antral Mucosa w/Intestinal Metaplasia; Negative for Dysplasia or malignancy
2. Alcian Yellow stain negative for H.Pylori
B. Stomach, Designated antral ulcer biopsy
1. Poorly differentiated andenocarcinoma
2. Alcian yellow stain negative for H. Pylori

I should add ...would each line item please be broken down as well . All the latin/medical terminology is overwhelming to understand when put together.

A. Biopsy of the gastric antrum can be helpful in distinguishing Crohn's disease (CD) from other diseases of the intestinal tracts.
1. The study used large cup gastric biopsy specimens from predetermined locations (gastric mapping). Follow up biopsies were obtained at one, two, and/or nine years. Biopsies with intestinal metaplasia were stained with high iron diamine/Alcian blue (HID/AB) to determine whether they expressed neutral mucins, sialomucins, or sulphomucins. Metaplasia is an abnormal growing of cells, and usually is ID'ed with cancer cells, but not always. the cells grow abnormally.
Negative for malignancy... remember malignant = 3. Pathology.
b. (of a tumor) characterized by uncontrolled growth; cancerous, invasive, or metastatic.

H. Pylori is a bactrium that is found in the intestinal tract usually with ulcers. H Pylori is easily treated with a specialize antibiotic pack, (I've had this with my ulcer gone in less than a month :) )


Adenocarcinoma is a form of carcinoma that originates in glandular tissue. To be classified as adenocarcinoma, the cells don't necessarily need to be part of a gland, as long as they have secretory properties. This form of carcinoma can occur in some higher mammals, including humans. It's poorly distinguishable if iit's porly differentiated.

adenocarcinoma is cancer. I am sorry I don't know the severity. Perhaps the primary will order a consultation with an oncologist for treatment. Continual irritation of the stomach lining can be a precursor to cancer.

poorly differentiated Adenocarcinoma might suggest he has cancer. That does not mean it is something he should worry about, especially since the patient is 90 years old. Second opinion is always helpful.

Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma cells means , means cancer .

Highly malignant cancer of stomach

they took a look at one area of the antrum of the stomach (the first area you come to,) and found normal tissue, no H pylori (the causative bacteria of ulcers) was found. They biopsied an ulcer they saw, and it showed poorly differentiated (lots of different stages and areas of cells) adenocarcinoma (a bad type of cancer to have.) Not a good finding in a 90 year old. now has to be worked up to see if its spread.