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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Main Authors: Shuji Komori, Shinji Osada, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Takao Takahashi, Narutoshi Nagao, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Nami Asano, Kazuhiro Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-03-01
Series:Rare Tumors
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e5