<prompt> . E-cadherin is more often mutatedDiffuse type of gastric cancerCarcinoid tumourMalignant ulcer of StomachErosive gastritis  <response>: A germ line mutation in E-cadherin gene-loss of E-Catherine function-diffuse type of gastric cancer. Microscopy: it is composed of dis cohesive tumor cellsdue to absence of E-cadherin and do not form glands. Tumor cells contain abundant music which expands the cytoplasm and push the nucleus to periphery creating signet- ring cell appearance. GENERAL AND SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY RAMDAS NAYAK SECOND EDITION PAGE 489 IMAGE REF: GENERAL AND SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY RAMDAS NAYAK SECOND EDITION FIG:18-11A AND B PAGE 490 