Department of Respiratory Surgeries, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Five Cases of Esophageal and Gastric Neuroendocrine
Carcinoma
Author(s): Shuji Hiramoto*, Ayako Kikuchi, Akira Yoshioka, Naoki Yamashita, Tetsuso Hori, Toyotsugu Ota, Tamaoki Mikako, Yuichi Yamaga, Yoko Mashimo, Jyunya Tanaka, Motoshige Nabeshima, Go Hotta and Masahiro Mizuno
Gastric or esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma is very rare disease. Both biological and therapeutic features are different from the common type including pathological findings either squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma. We have experienced five cases of gastric and esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma. A 55-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of upper abdominal pain. A type 2 tumor in the middle of the esophagus was detected by upper endoscopy, and multiple liver metastases were detected by Computed Tomography (CT). She underwent chemotherapy but she died within 15 months of being diagnosed with her disease. A 73-year-old man visited our hospital complaining of light inguinal pain. A type 2 tumor in the lower of the esophagus was detected by upper-endoscopy and bone metastatic findings were seen in the left ilium. He underwent chemotherapy but he then developed progr.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/1948-5956.2021.13.496
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