Incidental detection of tubular esophageal duplication in gastric cardia malignancy

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2004 Sep-Oct;23(5):192.

Abstract

Congenital esophageal duplications represent about 15% of digestive tract duplications. We report a 38-year-old man who presented with longstanding heartburn and recent dysphagia. Endoscopy showed communicating tubular duplication of lower esophagus with ulceroproliferative growth at the gastric cardia extending into the lower esophagus. Histology of radical esophagogastrectomy specimen showed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of gastric cardia without evidence of Barrett's esophagus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Cardia / pathology
  • Congenital Abnormalities / diagnosis
  • Congenital Abnormalities / surgery
  • Esophagectomy / methods
  • Esophagogastric Junction / pathology*
  • Esophagogastric Junction / surgery
  • Esophagus / abnormalities*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastrectomy / methods
  • Gastroscopy / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Risk Assessment
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome