An Unusual Presentation of Esophageal Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Yacoub, Abraham Tareq; Frants, Regina; Bank, Leslie; Sidhu, Jagmohan S.; Nicholson, Peter J.

doi:10.14740/jmc2386w

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“…showed that of 22 reported cases of ECs with unusual presentations, 6 cases presented with osteolytic lesions, 3 cases presented with cutaneous nodules, 2 cases with dyspnea, 2 cases with upper abdominal pain, and 1 case each with gluteal mass,[ 8 ] adrenal mass, thyroid mass,[ 9 ] headache with SOL, solitary jejunal mass, painful breast lump, hip pain, cervical pain, and chronic cough. [ 5 ] Of these 22 cases, 19 were metastatic ECs and only 3 cases were nonmetastatic cancer like our case. [ 5 ] Of the total 22 cases reported, only 5 cases had typical symptoms and the remaining 17 cases had atypical presenting symptoms.…”

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“…[ 5 ] Of these 22 cases, 19 were metastatic ECs and only 3 cases were nonmetastatic cancer like our case. [ 5 ] Of the total 22 cases reported, only 5 cases had typical symptoms and the remaining 17 cases had atypical presenting symptoms. [ 5 ]…”

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confidence: 91%

“…EC can present with acute respiratory symptoms rather than chronic, without a history of respiratory disease or acquired TEF. [ 5 ]…”

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“…[ 5 ] Of the total 22 cases reported, only 5 cases had typical symptoms and the remaining 17 cases had atypical presenting symptoms. [ 5 ]…”

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“…[ 4 ] Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) accounts for 70%–90% of ECs worldwide, 5% are adenocarcinomas, and the remaining 5% represent rare malignancies and metastases from other organs. [ 5 ] Over the past few decades, the rates of ESCC have declined and that of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has increased in the Western world. The decrease in ESCC is probably due to the decrease in alcohol and tobacco abuse, while the increase in EAC is linked to the increase in obesity and GERD.…”

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Persistent cough: An unexpected diagnosis

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Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer and the sixth most common cause of cancer death globally. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) accounts for 70%–90% of esophageal cancers worldwide, 5% are adenocarcinoma, and 5% represent rare malignancies and metastases from other organs. We present a case where a 54-year-old lady, with multiple readmissions for persistent dry cough and respiratory symptoms, turns out to be an esophageal malignancy. CECT thorax revealed an enhancing wall thickening of the esophagus with paraoesophageal fat stranding, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and subsegmental right lobe atelectasis, suggestive of a probable esophageal malignancy. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a circumferential esophageal growth which on biopsy and histopathological examination turned out to be a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus.

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confidence: 91%

“…EC can present with acute respiratory symptoms rather than chronic, without a history of respiratory disease or acquired TEF. [ 5 ]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[ 5 ] Of the total 22 cases reported, only 5 cases had typical symptoms and the remaining 17 cases had atypical presenting symptoms. [ 5 ]…”

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confidence: 99%

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Imaging Findings in a Case of Carcinoma Oesophagus Presenting with an Intra-Atrial Mass on Echocardiography

Gohain¹,

Dibragede²,

Das³

et al. 2021

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A 53-year-old male presented to our tertiary care center with complaints of palpitation and difficulty in breathing on exertion which was insidious in onset and gradually progressive. He had a history of back ache and significant weight loss. His physical examination and initial laboratory work up revealed no obvious abnormality. His initial radiological investigation involved chest roentgenogram which revealed cardiomegaly with mediastinal widening and haziness in left lower lung zone (Figure 1). His (electrocardiogram) ECG revealed normal sinus rhythm. Later, patient underwent echocardiography which revealed normal systolic flow with a mass extending up to pericardium (measuring 6.9 x 4.1 cm) in left atrium obstructing mitral flow and minimal pericardial effusion. He was sent to our department for contrast enhanced computerised tomography (CT) thorax scan to evaluate the extension of the left intra atrial mass which revealed a heterogeneously enhancing circumferential wall thickening in mid oesophagus extending from T7 - T11 for an approximate length of 8.3 cm with a single wall thickness of 2.3 cm in left lateral wall. There was also a heterogeneously enhancing lobulated soft tissue density mass with hypodense area within measuring 6.4 (CC) x 7.3 (AP) x 7.9 (TR) cm in left paraesophageal region infiltrating into adjacent pulmonary vessels and left atrium forming a large intracavitary mass with collapse of adjacent lung parenchyma and pericardial effusion with a maximum depth of 1.7 cm (Figure 2 & 3). Multiple enlarged lymph nodes were noted in paratracheal, pretracheal precranial and perivascular regions, largest measuring 1.2 cm in SAD in paratracheal regions (Figure 2B). Based on the imaging findings we made the diagnosis of malignant oesophageal growth with metastatic paraesophageal nodal mass infiltrating into adjacent pulmonary vessels and left atrium forming a large intra-cavitary mass. On following up, endoscopic workup revealed a nodular growth in oesophagus extending from 33 to 38 cms with intact overlying mucosa (Figure 4). On histopathological examination of the specimen taken from the oesophageal growth revealed to be squamous cell carcinoma infiltrating to muscle coat.

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Clinical features of patients with cancer of thoracic esophagus and results of their surgical treatment

Jamalov

2023

Gac Méd Caracas

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Esophageal cancer takes one of the first places in the structure of morbidity and mortality among malignant diseases. The development of anesthesiology and thoracic resuscitation provided the evolution of the surgical method. Resections of the esophagus with locally-disseminated and complicated forms of cancer have become possible. But even today, the long-term results of surgical treatment don’t satisfy clinicians. Often this is due to the dissemination of the tumor process in most patients at the time of treatment. For this purpose, an analysis of clinical material was carried out, including 89 patients with cancer of thoracic part of esophagus, who underwent reconstructive surgeries (extirpation of the thoracic part of esophagus with simultaneous retromediastinal plasty by stomach tube) in the surgical unit of Republican Clinical Hospital (RCH), n.a. academic M.A.Mir-Gasimov, Baku city. Interventions on the esophagus were performed either of two approaches – upper median laparotomy and left-sided cervicotomy (76 patients – 85,4%) or from three-with the addition of a right sided lateral thoracotomy in the fifth intercostal space (13 patients – 14,6%). There were no deaths due to surgical complications. The fundamental possibility and reasonableness of performing expanded radical interventions has been detected, taking into account the technical resectability of the tumor, which is especially important in working with a group of patients with “late” esophageal cancer criteria, such as the age of the patient, the size of the primary tumors, its local dissemination are not a contraindication to radical surgery.

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An Unusual Presentation of Esophageal Cancer: A Case Report and Review of Literature

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References 15 publications

Persistent cough: An unexpected diagnosis

Persistent cough: An unexpected diagnosis

Imaging Findings in a Case of Carcinoma Oesophagus Presenting with an Intra-Atrial Mass on Echocardiography

Clinical features of patients with cancer of thoracic esophagus and results of their surgical treatment

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