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Small Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case Report

Ichiro Akagi^1,2, Masao Miyashita¹, Hiroshi Makino¹, Tsutomu Nomura¹, Kimiyoshi Shimanuki², Shuichi Satake², Nobutoshi Hagiwara¹ and Eiji Uchida¹

¹Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School
²Department of Surgery, Aizu Central Hospital

A case of esophageal small cell carcinoma successfully treated with combination therapy consisting of preoperative chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgical resection. A 76-year-old man presented with a small cell carcinoma measuring 6 cm in diameter in the middle third of the thoracic esophagus. After preoperative therapy, the gross tumor was completely resected. The patient eventually died of metastatic disease 25 months after diagosis. We discuss the treatment of esophageal small cell carcinoma.

J Nippon Med Sch 2014; 81: 97-100

Keywords
small cell carcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, esophagectomy

Correspondence to
Ichiro Akagi, MD, PhD, Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Billary-Pancreatic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
ichiro@nms.ac.jp

Received, January 17, 2013
Accepted, March 29, 2013