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A case of verrucous squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

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We report a rare case of verrucous squamous cell carcinoma (VSC) of the esophagus. A 73-year-old woman presented to our hospital with dysphagia. On gastrointestinal endoscopy, a white mass with a cauliflower-like appearance (3.5 cm in diameter) was detected in the upper esophagus at 23 cm from the incisors. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen revealed squamous epithelial hyperplasia and no malignancy. During 17 months of follow-up by repeated endoscopy, the lesion showed no marked changes in appearance. However, reexamination of the specimen obtained by partial endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) using a jumbo biopsy forceps revealed very well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma corresponding to VSC. The clinical and histopathological characteristics of esophageal VSC are discussed on the basis of the published literature.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan

    Koushi Oh & Jiro Fujimoto

  2. Second Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan

    Takashi Nishigami

  3. Research Team for Geriatric Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

    Kaiyo Takubo

  4. Department of Surgery & Science, Graduate School of Medicine & Pharmaceutical Sciences for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

    Yutaka Shimada

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Oh, K., Nishigami, T., Takubo, K. et al. A case of verrucous squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. Esophagus 6, 263–267 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10388-009-0208-x

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