Multiple squamous cell carcinomas of esophagus.
Multiple tumors of the esophagus are reported only rarely. We describe three patients with double carcinoma of esophagus. They developed a second squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus more than 4 1/2 years after external radiation for a primary squamous cell carcinoma at a different site in the esophagus.
Kochhar
Rakesh
R
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012. medinst@pgi.chd.nic.in
Sethy
Pradeepta Kumar
PK
Gupta
Narinder Mohan
NM
Kochhar
Suman
S
Singh
Kartar
K
Singh
Rajinder
R
Nagi
Birender
B
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*