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Background Although most esophageal non-epithelial tumors are benign tumors, such as leiomyomas, they also include gastrointestinal tumors (GISTs); thus, a histopathological diagnosis is indispensable to determine the optimal treatment strategy. However, no consensus has been reached as to the diagnostic methods and treatments for esophageal non-epithelial tumors. The purpose of this study was to...
Colonic metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is extremely rare. A 77-year-old male patient was diagnosed with primary middle thoracic esophageal carcinoma and subsequently underwent subtotal esophagectomy. The pathological TNM classification was SCC of the esophagus, T3N1M0 stage IIIA. Twenty months later, he underwent emergency surgery due to acute abdomen. Exploratory laparotomy...
We report the first case of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) producing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) with induction of high uptake of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) throughout the bone marrow. A close relationship between tumor status and serum G-CSF concentration was also seen. A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of esophageal SCC with leukocytosis and pyrexia...
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