title: [A case of endocrine cell carcinoma of the esophagus successfully treated by chemoradiotherapy].
abstract: The patient was a 74-year-old man who suffered from epigastric abdominal pain. He visited our hospital in April 2008. An esophageal endocrine cell carcinoma was pointed out by gastrointestinal endoscopy, and he was diagnosed as esophageal endoscopic cell carcinoma with mediastinum lymph node by CT scan(Stage IVa: cT3N4M0). Concurrent chemoradiotherapy using CDDP+EP was started. After two courses, the primary tumor was markedly reduced, and endoscopy showed only a scar. We diagnosed the patient as being in complete remission. However, CT showed a liver metastasis relapse in June 2009, and we started AMR as second-line chemotherapy. His general condition went into a decline, however, He died on October 2, 2009.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Enteropathy, Yokohama Rosai Hospital.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Takuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higurashi
authors.forename: Soutaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akatsuka
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawana
authors.forename: Setsuya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Takuto
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Shiori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eduka
authors.forename: Mizue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Kiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D004701:Endocrine Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed