[A case of lymph node metastasis from esophageal small-cell-type endocrine cell carcinoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2012 Aug;109(8):1360-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 70-year-old man presented with a 0-IIc lesion in the lower esophagus. He underwent esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). The pathological diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma with small cell carcinoma. The patient received chemoradiotherapy after ESD, but this was interrupted because of myelosuppression. Follow-up endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) at 5 months after the ESD revealed paracardial lymph node swelling (17mm). He underwent EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA), and lymph node metastasis of small-cell-type endocrine cell carcinoma was diagnosed. He received VP-16 chemotherapy but died 22 months after the ESD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle / methods*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary
  • Endosonography*
  • Esophageal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis / pathology*
  • Male