A case of esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from the ectopic gastric mucosa in the thoracic esophagus

A 75-year old man was detected with a pediculate tumor in the upper esophagus. A biopsy determined that it was an adenocarcinoma. A subtotal esophagectomy with dissection of three-fields of lymph nodes was selected. The pathological study revealed it to be an esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from e...

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Autores principales: Komori, Shuji, Osada, Shinji, Tanaka, Yoshihiro, Takahashi, Takao, Nagao, Narutoshi, Yamaguchi, Kazuya, Asano, Nami, Yoshida, Kazuhiro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PagePress 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139950
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e5
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Sumario:A 75-year old man was detected with a pediculate tumor in the upper esophagus. A biopsy determined that it was an adenocarcinoma. A subtotal esophagectomy with dissection of three-fields of lymph nodes was selected. The pathological study revealed it to be an esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from ectopic gastric mucosa of the fundus of the stomach. His post-operative course was uneventful and without sign of recurrence for 3.5 years.

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