Adenocarcinoma of cervical esophagus arising in aberrant gastric mucosa.
Ectopic gastric epithelium is common in the cervical esophagus. However, complications arising from such tissue are rare. We report an adenocarcinoma arising in ectopic gastric mucosa of the cardiac type in the cervical esophagus of a 60-year-old man.
Pai
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Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
Deshpande
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Naresh
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged