Esophageal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

An 85-year-old woman presented to the hospital with a five-month history of dysphagia, productive cough, dyspnea, new-onset orthopnea, and weight loss. Thoracic CT revealed a sizeable ulcerative mass within the cervical esophagus with complete luminal obstruction. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy with bio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vayzband, Vlad, Doukas, Sotirios, Esparragoza, Paola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35505717
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23607
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Sumario:An 85-year-old woman presented to the hospital with a five-month history of dysphagia, productive cough, dyspnea, new-onset orthopnea, and weight loss. Thoracic CT revealed a sizeable ulcerative mass within the cervical esophagus with complete luminal obstruction. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy with biopsy demonstrated large neoplastic cells with distant nucleoli. The patient was diagnosed with poorly differentiated large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and was treated palliatively with esophageal stenting and radio and chemotherapy.

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