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We report on a 53-year-old male with esophageal cancer. He had no evidence of distant metastasis, and received a subtotal esophagectomy. Histopathologically, the tumors were contiguous with Barrett’s epithelium. Undifferentiated carcinoma components existed independently of differentiated adenocarcinoma components. Undifferentiated carcinoma was present proximal to the esophagogastric junction. Both tumors had invaded the submucosa and were associated with a prominent lymphoid stroma. Metastasis from undifferentiated carcinoma was found in the paraesophageal lymph nodes. Immunohistochemically, both components were negative for 34bE12 and positive for CAM5.2 and showed nearly identical staining patterns for p53, indicating that the tumors were derived from Barrett’s epithelium. Because the undifferentiated carcinoma did not express CK20 or carcinoembryonic antigen, the properties of adenocarcinoma had apparently been lost during the process of tumor cell progression. This is the first report of undifferentiated carcinoma associated with Barrett’s esophagus with adenocarcinoma.
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Katsube, O., Saito, S., Hosoya, Y. et al. Barrett’s esophageal carcinoma consisting of undifferentiated carcinoma and differentiated adenocarcinoma: report of case. Clin J Gastroenterol 6, 207–210 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-013-0377-y
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