title: Oesophageal cancer coexisting with colorectal lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the incidence of colorectal lesions in patients who present with oesophageal cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective open study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital, Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  135 of 218 patients who presented with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus during the seven year period 1988-1994 were randomly allocated to have a barium enema examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  Barium enema examinations, and if colorectal lesions were found, colonoscopy and biopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Incidence of coexistent colorectal lesions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No abnormal findings were found in 52 (39%), diverticula were present on 37 (27%), benign polypoid lesions in 51 (38%), and malignant lesions in 6 (4%). We examined the clinical and histopathological details of all patients to see if it was possible to distinguish the patients at high risk of developing oesophageal and colorectal cancer but could find no differences among the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Asymptomatic colorectal lesions are relatively common in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nozoe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sumiyoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications; D004733:Enema; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate