Carcinoma of the esophagus twelve years after curative resection for carcinoma of the esophagus.
A patient is presented who developed a second squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus twelve years after a curative esophagogastrectomy for a similar lesion in the proximal stomach. Factors predisposing to local recurrence at an esophageal anastomosis are reviewed. The long disease-free interval in this patient, however, strongly suggests a metachronous primary tumor rather than local recurrence.
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors