Distal Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Rare, but Possible Localization
Published: 2023-10-10
Page: 127-131
Issue: 2023 - Volume 6 [Issue 1]
Livia Marieta Negoita *
Clinical Department of Gastroenterology, Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital, Romania.
Catalin Stefan Ghenea
Clinical Department of Gastroenterology, Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital, Romania.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aim: To report a rare but possible localization of a distal esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old man with severe progressive dysphagia and epigastric pain for 2 months. Endoscopy revealed normal esophagus up to 37 cm from the dental arch where a tight stenosis that prevents the endoscope from advancing is visualized. The histopathological result revealed squamous cell carcinoma. Tumor Board decided to initiate neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy followed by surgery.
Conclusion: Management of patients with esophagus tumors is challenging. Localization of squamous cell carcinoma in the distal esophagus, although rarer, is possible.
Keywords: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, dysphagia, biopsy, esophageal stent, esophagectomy