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Di L, Wu X, Chen Z, et al. Early verrucous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report and endoscopic and histologic features. BMC Gastroenterol. 2021;21(1):466doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-02049-0.
Di, L., Wu, X., Chen, Z., Zhu, J., Wang, H., & Tuo, B. (2021). Early verrucous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report and endoscopic and histologic features. BMC gastroenterology, 21(1), 466. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-02049-0
Di, Lianjun, et al. "Early verrucous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report and endoscopic and histologic features." BMC gastroenterology vol. 21,1 (2021): 466. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-02049-0
Di L, Wu X, Chen Z, Zhu J, Wang H, Tuo B. Early verrucous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report and endoscopic and histologic features. BMC Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec 14;21(1):466. doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-02049-0. PMID: 34906069; PMCID: PMC8672608.
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BMC Gastroenterol. 2021 Dec 14;21(1):466. doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-02049-0.

Early verrucous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: a case report and endoscopic and histologic features.

BMC gastroenterology

Lianjun Di, Xinglong Wu, Zhenyu Chen, Jianhong Zhu, Haibo Wang, Biguang Tuo

Affiliations

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563003, China.
  2. Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Nan Fang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  4. Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  5. Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563003, China. [email protected].

PMID: 34906069 PMCID: PMC8672608 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-021-02049-0

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Verrucous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (VCCE) is an extremely rare tumor and generally detected at advanced stage. Despite of its slow growth and well differentiation, it has very poor prognosis with high mortality. Therefore, early detection is a critical to improve patients' survival. However, no early cases of VCCE have been reported and the endoscopic features of early VCCE are not well described. We herein report the endoscopic and histologic features of an early VCCE.

CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old man with a history of excessive alcohol and tobacco use was admitted to our hospital because of chronic persistent swallowing dysfunction for six months. White light endoscopy revealed a flat lesion covered with scattered leukoplakia in the middle esophagus. Magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging showed tiny irregular papillary microsurface structure. The lesion was considered as early esophageal cancer and completely resected with endoscopic submucosal dissection. Histological examination confirmed that the lesion was early VCCE which was limited within the mucosal lamina propria (m2).

CONCLUSION: VCCE is rare with poor prognosis. This is a report of early VCCE and description of its endoscopic features which will contribute to early detection of these cancers.

© 2021. The Author(s).

Keywords: Case report; Early diagnosis; Endoscopic feature; Esophagus; Verrucous cell carcinoma

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