Abstract
Oesophageal carcinoma is among malignancies with poor prognosis due to the late onset symptoms related with large submucosal involvement, early lymphatic metastasis and its multicentric characteristics, majority of the patients decrease within the first year of diagnosis. However, bone metastasis is uncommon and reported to be 1% to 14% in autopsy series. Herein we report a case that was admitted to our outpatient clinics with severe neck and arm pain as presenting symptoms and diagnosed as metastatic oesophageal carcinoma afterwards.
Highlights
Oesophageal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world
Since oesophageal carcinoma is among malignancies with poor prognosis due to the late onset symptoms related with large submucosal involvement, early lymphatic metastasis and its multicentric chacteristics, majority of the patients decrease within the first year of diagnosis
We report a case that was admitted to our outpatient clinics with severe neck and arm pain as presenting symptoms and diagnosed as metastatic oesophageal carcinoma afterwards
Summary
Oesophageal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in the world. The life time risk is about 0.8% for men and 0.3% for women. Incidence of oesophageal cancer is 13 cases per 100,000 population for black American men. On the whole, it is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the world [1]. Since oesophageal carcinoma is among malignancies with poor prognosis due to the late onset symptoms related with large submucosal involvement, early lymphatic metastasis and its multicentric chacteristics, majority of the patients decrease within the first year of diagnosis. We report a case that was admitted to our outpatient clinics with severe neck and arm pain as presenting symptoms and diagnosed as metastatic oesophageal carcinoma afterwards. How to cite this paper: Demircioğlu, Ö., et al (2014) Metastatic Oesophagus Carcinoma Presented with Neck and Arm Pain: A Case Report.
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