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Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report

Epithelial–myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) of the esophagus is a rare biphasic tumor with low malignant potential, which has not previously been reported in the published literature. The present study describes the case of an asymptomatic, 53-year-old male who presented with EMC in the esophagus durin...

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Autores principales: Wu, Haohao, Zhang, Fangbiao, Peng, Jiahui, Wu, Zhiju, Zhang, Xiangyan, Wu, Xingzhen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9299084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.942019
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author Wu, Haohao
Zhang, Fangbiao
Peng, Jiahui
Wu, Zhiju
Zhang, Xiangyan
Wu, Xingzhen
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Zhang, Xiangyan
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description Epithelial–myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) of the esophagus is a rare biphasic tumor with low malignant potential, which has not previously been reported in the published literature. The present study describes the case of an asymptomatic, 53-year-old male who presented with EMC in the esophagus during a gastroscopic examination. Esophageal computed tomography (CT) showed thickening of the wall of the lower esophagus with a thickness of about 0.7 cm, and an enhanced scan showed uneven enhancement of the thickened esophageal wall. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy was performed because the tumor was malignant. Histopathology revealed that the tumor was characterized by a biphasic architecture consisting of cuboidal ductal cells and myoepithelial cells. The patient’s postoperative recovery was eventful, an anastomotic fistula occurred, and the patient was discharged from the hospital after 84 days. One year postsurgery, the patient remained in good health, with no evidence of metastasis and recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-92990842022-07-21 Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report Wu, Haohao Zhang, Fangbiao Peng, Jiahui Wu, Zhiju Zhang, Xiangyan Wu, Xingzhen Front Surg Surgery Epithelial–myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) of the esophagus is a rare biphasic tumor with low malignant potential, which has not previously been reported in the published literature. The present study describes the case of an asymptomatic, 53-year-old male who presented with EMC in the esophagus during a gastroscopic examination. Esophageal computed tomography (CT) showed thickening of the wall of the lower esophagus with a thickness of about 0.7 cm, and an enhanced scan showed uneven enhancement of the thickened esophageal wall. Thoracoscopic esophagectomy was performed because the tumor was malignant. Histopathology revealed that the tumor was characterized by a biphasic architecture consisting of cuboidal ductal cells and myoepithelial cells. The patient’s postoperative recovery was eventful, an anastomotic fistula occurred, and the patient was discharged from the hospital after 84 days. One year postsurgery, the patient remained in good health, with no evidence of metastasis and recurrence. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9299084/ /pubmed/35874132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.942019 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wu, Zhang, Peng, Wu, Zhang and Wu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Wu, Haohao
Zhang, Fangbiao
Peng, Jiahui
Wu, Zhiju
Zhang, Xiangyan
Wu, Xingzhen
Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report
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title_full Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report
title_fullStr Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report
title_short Epithelial–Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report
title_sort epithelial–myoepithelial carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report
topic Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9299084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.942019
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