title: [Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus].
abstract: Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus, morologically indistinguishable from its counterpart of the lung is a rare tumour with a frequency between 0.05 to 7.6% of all esophageal malignancies. Currently they are divided into oat cell and non oat cell, regarding the presence of neuroendocrine granules. We report 3 cases from our hospital. They were studied clinicopathologically and also examined by electron microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patología, Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gualco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ardao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panuncio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reissenweber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004724:Endoscopy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis