title: A concomitant occurrence of esophageal and cervical carcinoma in a sixty year old female patient from Bale Zone of Oromia Regional State, a case report with literature review.
abstract: Oesophageal carcinoma usually presents with difficulty of swallowing initially for solid food materials later even for liquid diets. Cervical carcinoma presents with pain and bleeding per vaginum during intercourse (sexual contact). We report a concomitant occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus and cervix in a 60 years old female patient from Bale Zone of Oromia Regional State, who initially presented with vaginal bleeding of 2 years duration and later with difficulty of swallowing of 9 months duration. To our knowledge this is the first report of a concomitant occurrence of esophageal and cervical carcinoma in Ethiopia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wondimu
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology