Collision carcinoma of the gastric cardia.
A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the lower end of the esophagus colliding with adenocarcinoma of the cardiac end of the stomach is reported. The rarity of the lesion, its diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic implications are briefly discussed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002299:Cardia / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*