A Case of Polypoid Esophageal Cancer of Yamada IV Type which Very Effectively Treated by Irradiation Chemotherapy

Hisaki Mio, Ryuunosuke Kumashiro, Hidethune Ikenaga, Takahiko Yamanaka, Haruhisa Saku, Takafumi Maekawa, Sadamitsu Inutuska, Junn Takesue*, Toyoji Soda*

The Second Department of Surgery, and The Department of Otolaryngology*, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University

A very rare case of pedunculated polypoid carcinoma of Yamada IV type in the esophagus is reported which was effectively treated by irradiation and chemotherapy. A 54-year-old man complained of the horseness. The polypoid tumor, of which size is 2 cm in diameter, developed in upper intra-thoracic esophagus and shown squamous cell carcinoma with a short stalk. The lymph node involvement could not deny though the tumor controlled effectively by irradiation and chemotherapy, so the surgical resection was performed. This polypoid carcinoma of Yamada IV type would be treated effectively with anti-cancertherapy and irradiation as long as no metastatic lymph node.

Key words
esophageal cancer, pedunculated polyp, anti-cancertherapy

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Hisaki Mio Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine Fukuoka University
7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jounan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-01 JAPAN

Accepted
December 13, 1989

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