A Case of Esophageal Carcinoma with Metastasis to the Gastric Wall

Masayuki Nakamura, Takuo Murakami, Norifumi Johno, Hiroto Hayashi, Hiroyuki Uchisako, Hiroshi Kusanagi, Takashi Suzuki

Second Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine

A 60-year-old man visited a hospital because of dysphagia. Upper gastrointestinal series and endoscopic examination revealed an esophageal elevated lesion and two gastric elevated lesions. On biopsy, the esophageal lesion was diagnosed as esophageal carcinoma, but the gastric lesions had no signs of malignancy, which led us to suspect gastric submucosal tumors. Histological findings after surgery led to the conclusion that the gastric lesions were due to metastases of esophageal carcinoma to the gastric wall. Esophageal carcinoma metastatic to the gastric wall is relatively rare. The clinical features and possible treatment of these lesions are discussed.

Key words
esophageal carcinoma, metastasis in the gastric wall of esophageal carcinoma

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Masayuki Nakamura Second Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
1144 Kogushi, Ube, 755 JAPAN

Accepted
April 17, 1991

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