Das Snehasis, Gaur Naveen Kumar, Shaikh Oseen, Balasubramanian Gopal, Jinkala Sreerekha
Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Cureus. 2021 Aug 15;13(8):e17190. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17190. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is a rare, highly aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. A definitive diagnosis is made by histopathological study. As the disease is usually metastatic, palliative chemoradiotherapy is the usual treatment. We present a case of a 57-year-old female presenting with dysphagia. The patient underwent imaging studies showing the growth at the gastro-esophageal junction, with extensive abdominal lymph node metastasis and liver and lung metastasis. Biopsy was suggestive of small cell carcinoma of the esophagus. The patient underwent a feeding jejunostomy and was planned for chemoradiotherapy. Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is an infrequent entity. As the disease is usually diagnosed at a later stage, the prognosis is inferior and abysmal.
原发性食管小细胞癌是一种罕见的、侵袭性很强且预后很差的疾病。通过组织病理学研究做出明确诊断。由于该疾病通常会发生转移，姑息性放化疗是常用的治疗方法。我们报告一例57岁女性，表现为吞咽困难。患者接受影像学检查显示胃食管交界处有肿物，伴有广泛的腹部淋巴结转移以及肝肺转移。活检提示为食管小细胞癌。患者接受了空肠造瘘术，并计划进行放化疗。原发性食管小细胞癌是一种罕见的疾病。由于该疾病通常在晚期才被诊断出来，其预后很差且令人绝望。
