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Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
Print version ISSN 1130-0108
Abstract
LINAN PADILLA, A. et al. Oat-cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Presentation of two cases and literature review. Rev. esp. enferm. dig. [online]. 2007, vol.99, n.7, pp.415-419. ISSN 1130-0108.
Objective: our objective is to contribute an updated view on a condition as rare as oat-cell carcinoma of the esophagus by reviewing the literature and reporting two recent patients seen in our department. Material and method: a retrospective study with a review of all medical records of patients seen in our ward and diagnosed with esophageal neoplasm for 6 years (January 2000 to December 2006). Results: 249 cases of esophageal neoplasms were found, of them 106 were of squamous ancestry (42.6%), 141 were adenocarcinomas (56.6%), and 2 were oat-cell carcinomas (0.8%). Only in 45 (18%) was surgical resection feasible, 23 underwent palliative surgery (endoprostheses, gastrostomies, and jejunostomies not included) (9.3%), and the rest (181 cases, 72.7%) received derivative surgery or no surgery at all. Conclusions: we can affirm that this neoplasm is highly aggressive, displaying in practically all cases dissemination to other sites; this is a rare cancer that mainly affects men and whose clinical picture is similar to that of other malignancies involving the esophagus.
Keywords : Small-cell carcinoma; Esophagus; Oat-cell carcinoma.