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The case of a 70-year-old Japanese woman with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the esophagus is presented herein. The patient presented with progressive dysphagia, and an upper gastrointestinal series and esophagogastroscopy revealed a protruding tumor located in the middle portion of the esophagus. Ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) suggested a lymph node metastasis between the left lobe of the liver and the esophagocardiac junction. Histopathologic examination of a biopsy specimen showed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and a subtotal esophagectomy was performed under the preoperative diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma. However, the histopathologic diagnosis of the resected specimen proved to be ACC of the esophagus with a lymph node metastasis around the left gastric artery. We report the clinicopathological findings of this case and briefly discuss the clinical implications of ACC.
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Kitada, H., Yamaguchi, K., Takashima, M. et al. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the esophagus: Report of a case. Surg Today 27, 238–242 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00941652
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