[Unusual late complication after esophagoplasty type Gavriliu II for esophageal stenosis from chemical burns--cancer of the esophagoplasty tube]

Chirurgia (Bucur). 2005 Mar-Apr;100(2):175-9.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

We present the case of a 56 year old female, who in 23 years after esophagoplasty type Gavriliu II, with pre-sternal tube for esophageal chemical burn stenosis, develops a cancer in the upper third of the gastric tube, with a fast evolution to malnutrition, through lumen obturation. The evolution post-esophagoplasty was marked by malfunction of the neo-esophagus, characterized through dysphagia and distal dilatation, requiring many abdominal and pre-sternal reinterventions. The objective of the present surgical intervention was to assure a way for enteral nutrition (gastrostomy for feeding) and to extirpate the gastro-esophagoplasty tube. It is discussed the characteristic feature of the case: the difficulty of the stage-evolutive integration of this malignant disease location, the etiopathogenic factors that contributed to the malignant evolution of the antral portion of the gastro-esophagoplasty tube, the limits of the surgical treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / etiology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Burns, Chemical / complications*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Esophageal Stenosis / etiology
  • Esophageal Stenosis / surgery*
  • Esophagogastric Junction*
  • Esophagoplasty / adverse effects*
  • Esophagoplasty / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome