[A pharyngeal carcinoma after resection of a upper esophageal web].
Dysphagia suddenly progressed in a 69-year-old woman who had a 50-year history of intermittent difficulty in swallowing solid food. A thick circumferential who in the upper esophagus was extensive enough to be the cause of dysphagia. There was another thin semicircular web in the pharynx. Bouginage resulted in only 6-months relief of symptoms, and the same esophageal who was reformed with the same severe symptoms 3 years later. Surgical resection of the esophageal web was performed. Extensive pharyngeal carcinoma was found 4 years after surgery. She died of heart failure during combination therapy of irradiation and chemotherapy.
Meguro
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E
Department of Surgery I, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
Nakamura
R
R
Murakami
M
M
Sugimura
Y
Y
Ishida
K
K
Asahi
H
H
Saito
K
K
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*