title: [Carcinoma of the esophagus: clinical, radiologic, endoscopic, and histologic evaluation. Experience in Torreón City, Coahuila].
abstract: Between january 1981 to may 1988, we performed 2,478 flexible esophagogastro-duodenoscopies in adult patients; in 90 patients we suspected esophageal carcinoma. Only in 79 we corroborated the diagnosis in clinical, radiological, endoscopical and histopathological basis. Male were commonest than female (3.5:1). The clinical picture included dysphagia and weight loss. Endoscopically, location was commonest in medium esophagus, with infiltrative type and histo-pathologically squamos cell carcinoma. The endoscopy showed a sensibility of 92% and specificity of 84% in esophageal cancer diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Endoscopia Gastro-intestinal, Hospital de Especialidades No. 71, IMSS.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Güitrón Cantú
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adalid Martínez
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Carcinoma de esófago: evaluación clínica, radiológica, endoscópica e histológica. Experiencia en la ciudad de Torreón, Coahuila.