Abstract
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.
Highlights
We present a case of a 57-year-old female presenting with dysphagia
Most cases of Small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the esophagus are metastatic at the time of diagnosis and have limited treatment options and a fatal prognosis [1]
We present a 57-year-old female, diagnosed with metastatic SCC of the esophagus, managed with palliative chemoradiotherapy and feeding jejunostomy
Summary
Snehasis Das 1 , Naveen Kumar Gaur 1 , Oseen Shaikh 1 , Gopal Balasubramanian 1 , Sreerekha Jinkala 2.
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