A Case Report of Carcinoid Tumor of the Esophagus

Hajime Yonekawa, Shingo Shima, Shintaro Terahata*, Seiichi Tamai, Susumu Tanaka

Departments of Surgery and Laboratory Medicine*, National Defense Medical College

A case of carcinoid tumor of the esophagus is reported. The patient was a 64 year-old man who came to our hospital because of pain on swallowing. Barium swallow and esophagoscopy revealed an elevated tumor in the middle third of the esophagus. The tumor had a shallow ulcer, the bottom of which was nodular and easy to bleed. Resection of the intrathoracic esophagus and retrosternal esophago-gastrostomy were performd. Pathological studies of the resected specimen revealed a carcinoid tumor invading the adventitia of the esophagus with metastases in the para-tracheal, pulmonary hilar, para-esophageal, and peri-gastric lymph nodes. Postoperative radiotherapy (50Gy) was given, and the patient survived for 12 months and died of pneumonia.

Key words
carcinoid tumor, carcinoid tumor of the esophagus

Reprint requests
Hajime Yonekawa Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College
3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, 359 JAPAN

Accepted
June 5, 1991

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