Saw E C, Yu G S, Wagner G, Heng Y
Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Hayward, California 94545-4297, U.S.A.
J Clin Gastroenterol. 1997 Mar;24(2):116-9. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199703000-00017.
We report a case of a synchronous primary small-cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus with ectopic gastrin and calcitonin production. The double primary carcinomas appeared to arise from dysplastic Barrett's mucosa in a 43-year-old woman with a long history of reflux esophagitis. She is one of the few reported long-term survivors treated by surgical resection and combination chemotherapy. The histopathology and treatment of this rare tumor are briefly discussed.
