Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 6-2005. A 58-year-old man with esophageal cancer and nausea, vomiting, and intractable hiccups

MeSH terms

• Adenocarcinoma / complications*
• Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
• Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
• Adenocarcinoma / psychology
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
• Antiemetics / therapeutic use
• Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use
• Barrett Esophagus / pathology*
• Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Duodenal Obstruction / diagnosis
• Duodenal Obstruction / etiology
• Endoscopy, Digestive System
• Endosonography
• Esophageal Neoplasms / complications*
• Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis
• Esophageal Neoplasms / drug therapy
• Esophageal Neoplasms / psychology
• Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
• Esophagus / pathology*
• Fatal Outcome
• Haloperidol / therapeutic use
• Hiccup / drug therapy
• Hiccup / etiology*
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nausea / drug therapy
• Nausea / etiology
• Neoplasm Invasiveness
• Octreotide / therapeutic use
• Palliative Care
• Stomach Neoplasms / complications
• Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis
• Vomiting / drug therapy
• Vomiting / etiology*