Ten year survival after excision of squamous cell cancer in Zenker's diverticulum: report of a case

BACKGROUND: Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) has been increasingly recognized as a site of primary epithelial malignancy. Pitt in 1896 described the first case. METHODS: Between 1990 and 2005, 30 patients affected of esophageal diverticulum were referred to our Department. RESULTS: The pathological r...

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Autores principales: Dionigi, Gianlorenzo, Sessa, Fausto, Rovera, Francesca, Boni, Luigi, Carrafiello, Gianpaolo, Dionigi, Renzo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1440864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16569226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-4-17
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Zenker's diverticulum (ZD) has been increasingly recognized as a site of primary epithelial malignancy. Pitt in 1896 described the first case. METHODS: Between 1990 and 2005, 30 patients affected of esophageal diverticulum were referred to our Department. RESULTS: The pathological results revealed one case of squamous cell carcinoma. On follow-up 10 years after diverticulectomy alone, the patient was alive and well without evidence of recurrence. CONCLUSION: Our case reported provides additional data on clinical decision when the tumor is well localized without full-thickness penetration or extension to the line of resection. In this patient, long-term survival and apparent disease control have been effected by diverticulectomy alone. A case of such long survival is very rare.

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