Clinicopathologic study of early stage esophageal carcinoma

摘要: As part of a consecutive series 370 patients who underwent subtotal esophagectomy because carcinoma the thoracic area esophagus, between January 1965 and July 1988, in Second Department Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, 42 (11.4%) with early stage esophageal carcinomas confined to intraepithelium, mucosa, or submucosa were studied clinicopathologically. Of these 42, 26 (61.9%) had symptoms; slight dysphagia chest discomfort was most common symptom. The remaining 16 (38.1%) no subjective symptoms. Endoscopic examination proved be more useful than barium studies. Lugol-combined endoscopy effective detecting presence spread small malignant lesions esophagus. At time surgery, six submucosal esophagus lymph node metastasis, five died recurrence. Described herein are diagnostic features, clinicopathologic characteristics, long-term results stage, 328 advanced, detected surgically treated our clinics. (SURGERY 1989;105:706-10.)