Title
Neoendocrine carcinoma of the esophagus: report of a case
Other title
Carcinoma neuroendocrino de esófago: reporte de caso
Date Issued
01 July 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
Abstract
Neuroendocrine carcinoma of esophagus represents less than 2% of cases of cancer of the esophagus. This presentation is extremely unusual, as this type of carcinoma typically presents with greater frequency in bronchopulmonary regions. The symptoms are usually associated with esophageal obstruction and include odynophagia, dysphagia and weight loss and are not usually associated with Carcinoid syndrome. The diagnosis requires one or more of the following positive immunohistochemical markers: Chromogranin A, synaptophysin or CD56 positive, as well as the presence of EMA and PANCK positive. We report the case of a male patient with diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumor of esophagus.
Start page
293
End page
296
Volume
38
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85058607107
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
ISSN of the container
1609722X
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