Bell-Thomson J, Haggitt R C, Ellis F H
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1980 Mar;79(3):438-46.
Four case reports of patients with tumors of the esophagus resembling those of salivary gland origin are presented with a review of the cases published to date. These tumors arise in the submucosal glands in the esophagus and are histologically similar to adenoid cystic and mucoepidermoid carcinomas of the salivary glands. The mucoepidermoid variety occurs more frequently in men than in women, and the adenoid cystic carcinomas are equally distributed between the sexes. In most of the cases reported the tumors were resectable but the overall survival rate is poor and is similar to the rates found with the more frequent squamous cell cancer of the esophagus.
本文报告了4例食管肿瘤患者，其肿瘤类似于涎腺来源的肿瘤，并对迄今已发表的病例进行了综述。这些肿瘤起源于食管的黏膜下腺，组织学上类似于涎腺的腺样囊性癌和黏液表皮样癌。黏液表皮样癌男性发病率高于女性，腺样囊性癌在两性中分布均等。在大多数报告的病例中，肿瘤可切除，但总体生存率较差，与更常见的食管鳞状细胞癌的生存率相似。
