Abstract
Esophageal cancer is a disease in which airway involvement is a frequent cause of incurability. A patient underwent radical esophagectomy with application of IORT for an early stage esophageal cancer. Postoperative stay was complicated by tracheal ulceration; microscopic examination of the ulcerated tracheal tissue revealed multiple metastatic islets of spindle cells carcinoma. Our case revealed a very unusual hematogenous metastatization that has been impossible to detect with conventional preoperative staging; IORT may have played a role in the fatal outcome.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-134 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Chirurgia |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Esophagus
- Neoplasm metastasis
- Neoplasms
- Radiotherapy
- Surgical procedures, operative
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery