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Review
. 2005 Oct;103(10):540, 542.

Oat cell carcinoma of the oesophagus--a case report and review of literature

Ebby George Simon  1 , R Vimala, L Ashok, L Anand, V Jayanthi
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Review

Oat cell carcinoma of the oesophagus--a case report and review of literature

Ebby George Simon et al. J Indian Med Assoc. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

A 45-year-old male presented with dysphagia, anorexia and progressive weight loss. He was a chronic smoker. Oesophagoscopy showed an ulceroproliferative growth of 25-30 cm size. Histopathology from the biopsy tissue showed small cell (oat cell) carcinoma. He received radiotherapy, but died 9 months later. Small cell carcinoma of the oesophagus constitutes 0.8-2.4% of all the oesophageal carcinoma. The tumour is an aggressive one with a poor prognosis irrespective of the treatment.

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