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Case Reports
. 2009 Jun;23(6):415-9.
doi: 10.1155/2009/659820.

Esophageal papillomatosis complicated by squamous cell carcinoma

T Attila  1 , A Fu, N Gopinath, C J Streutker, N E Marcon
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Case Reports

Esophageal papillomatosis complicated by squamous cell carcinoma

T Attila et al. Can J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jun.

Abstract
in English, French

Esophageal papillomatosis is a very rare condition that is believed to have a benign clinical course. Recent reports underscore the potential development of a malignancy in association with squamous papillomatosis of the esophagus. A case of esophageal papillomatosis complicated by the development of esophageal invasive squamous cell carcinoma diagnosed after esophagectomy, despite multiple nondiagnostic endoscopic biopsies, is described. The patient also developed squamous cell carcinoma in the oral cavity and pyloric channel. The finding of extensive esophageal papillomatosis and unremitting dysphagia symptoms should prompt investigations into an underlying associated malignancy.

La papillomatose œsophagienne est une maladie très rare dont l’évolution clinique serait généralement bénigne. Des rapports récents rappellent toutefois le risque de néoplasie en lien avec le papillome épidermoïde de l’œsophage. On décrit ici un cas de papillomatose œsophagienne compliquée d’un carcinome épidermoïde invasif de l’œsophage diagnostiqué après une œsophagectomie et malgré de multiples biopsies endoscopiques non diagnostiques. Le patient a en outre développé un cancer épidermoïde de la cavité buccale et du canal pylorique. La présence de papillomatose œsophagienne étendue et de symptômes de dysphagie rebelle doivent signaler la nécessité d’investiguer rapidement une possible néoplasie sous-jacente.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Photomicrograph of early biopsy of the esophageal lesions. Note the papillary architecture. Acute inflammation is present within the epithelium (arrow), associated with nuclear changes considered at the time to be reactive in nature (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×100)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Endosonographic image of a hypoechoic mucosal thickening (arrow) with intact submucosa
Figure 3
Figure 3
Photograph of esophagectomy specimen. Note the loss of the normal smooth, white squamous epithelium, replaced by fleshy pink nodular tissue (asterisk)
Figure 4
Figure 4
Photomicrograph of the invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Nests of well-differentiated malignant squamous cells are invading the muscularis propria (arrow) (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×25)
Figure 5
Figure 5
One-year postesophagectomy endoscopic image of the pyloric channel mucosal irregularity
Figure 6
Figure 6
Endoscopic image of the pyloric channel mass
Figure 7
Figure 7
Photomicrograph of the pyloric lesion. Note the sharp division between gastric antral type mucosa (thick arrow) and the invasive squamous epithelium (thin arrow) (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×40)
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