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Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Large Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum

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Abstract

Carcinoma is rare in an esophageal diverticulum. The case of a 53-year-old man with a large mass in a long-standing symptomatic epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum is presented in this study. Squamous cell carcinoma in the diverticulum with pleural invasion was diagnosed after surgical diverticulectomy. The patient underwent subtotal esophagectomy with locoregional lymph node dissection and reconstruction with gastric tube because of micro-invasion at the surgical margin. The patient developed malignant pleural effusion at 6 months after surgery, and he eventually expired 3 months later. Carcinoma can develop in esophageal diverticula and is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage with poor prognosis.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Cathay General Hospital and School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jung-Jyh Hung

  2. Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jung-Jyh Hung

  3. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jung-Jyh Hung & Chih-Cheng Hsieh

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Shih-Chieh Lin

  5. Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Liang-Shun Wang

  6. Department of Surgery, En Chu Kong Hospital, No.399, FuSing Rd., SanSia Township, Taipei, 237, Taiwan

    Liang-Shun Wang

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Hung, JJ., Hsieh, CC., Lin, SC. et al. Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Large Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum. Dig Dis Sci 54, 1365–1368 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-009-0727-2

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