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Undifferentiated carcinoma of the esophagus (UEC) is an uncommon esophageal malignancy, and patients with UEC have an especially poor prognosis because of extensive metastasis even at an early stage. A standard treatment regimen for UEC has not yet been established. We have experienced a case with UEC (T2N1, stage II) that achieved complete remission by chemoradiotherapy [cisplatin (CDDP) + 5-fluorouracil...
A 64-year-old man presented with dysphagia and heartburn. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed an irregular type 2 tumor of the lower esophagus. Histological examination of the biopsy specimen revealed undifferentiated carcinoma, small cell type. Subtotal esophagectomy was performed. Two months after the initial surgery, an intradural extramedullary metastasis was found, and tumorectomy was performed...
A 57-year-old man, who had been diagnosed as having flask type, grade II achalasia of the esophagus at the age of 26, underwent Heller’s esophagomyectomy in a nearby hospital in 1971. A type 0-Is lesion measuring 2 cm in size was found on the middle thoracic esophagus in September 2002. A protruding tumor with a central depression, not stained with iodine, was detected by endoscopic examination. Standard...
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