title: Esophageal cancer with racemose hemangioma of the bronchial arteries.
abstract: We report a case of esophageal cancer in a patient with a racemose hemangioma of the bronchial arteries. A 76-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with unexplained weight loss. Endoscopic examination revealed enhancing vessels in the upper to middle esophageal wall and a type 3 tumor in the lower esophagus. He underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil and underwent a lower esophageal resection through a left thoracoabdominal incision. He was free from hemoptysis and had no recurrence of esophageal cancer for 1 year following the procedure. This case is not only rare, it supports the decision to perform an operative procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Japan. mkimura@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016629:Esophagectomy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy