Abstract
Adenocarcinoma of the esophagocardiac junction is a condition difficult to define. It is often necessary to differentiate between esophagocardiac junctional adenocarcinoma and carcinoma in Barrett's esophagus. We herein report a case of an 83-year-old Japanese man with adenocarcinoma in situ arising from ectopic submucosal cardiac glands in short-segment Barrett's epithelium, associated with squamous cell carcinoma. Despite the visualization of a nodule in short-segment Barrett's epithelium, we diagnosed the present case as one of esophagocardiac junctional cancer arising from ectopic submucosal cardiac glands, using Alcian-blue staining.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 60-63 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Digestive Endoscopy |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Esophagocardiac junctional cancer
- Short segment Barrett's esophagus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Gastroenterology