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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2020

Esophageal carcinosarcoma in which the sarcomatous element has sloughed off: A case report.

Noriyuki Sasaki, Takeshi Iwaya, Yuji Akiyama, Shigeaki Baba, Fumitaka Endo, Haruka Nikai, Ryosuke Fujisawa, Toshimoto Kimura, Takeshi Takahara, Koki Otsuka and 7 more

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Noriyuki SasakiDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan. Electronic address: nsasaki@iwate-med.ac.jp.
Takeshi IwayaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan. Electronic address: tiwaya@iwate-med.ac.jp.
Yuji AkiyamaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Shigeaki BabaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Fumitaka EndoDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Haruka NikaiDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Ryosuke FujisawaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Toshimoto KimuraDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Takeshi TakaharaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Koki OtsukaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Hiroyuki NittaDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Yusuke KimuraDepartment of Palliative Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Keisuke KoedaDepartment of Medical Safety Science, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Ryo SugimotoDepartment of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Noriyuki UesugiDepartment of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Tamotsu SugaiDepartment of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Akira SasakiDepartment of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3695, Japan.
Iwate Medical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMost esophageal carcinosarcoma (ECS) tumors present as a polypoid tumor that is continuous with the superficial lesion and suspended by a pedicle. Here, we report a case of ECS in which a polypoid lesion sloughed off before surgery. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 76-year-old man with dysphagia was admitted to our hospital. Esophagogastroscopy revealed a 20-mm polypoid tumor continuous with a superficial lesion and attached to the lesion by a thin pedicle in the mid-thoracic esophagus. Histopathological examination of the endoscopic biopsy showed that the superficial lesion was a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma and that the polypoid tumor contained a sarcomatous element. He was diagnosed with ECS and underwent radical esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection. In the resected specimen, no polypoid tumor was found, and only a superficial lesion was observed. The histopathological findings revealed only squamous cell carcinoma, and the pathological diagnosis was esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, pT1bN0M0, pathological stage I. The patient was discharged from the hospital 22 days after surgery and did not experience any complications. He is currently alive and remained cancer-free for three years since surgery was performed. DISCUSSION: Due to the distinctive configuration in which the polypoid lesion was connected to the superficial cancerous lesion by a very thin pedicle, researchers suggested that the polypoid tumor, which consisted of a sarcomatous element, was sloughed off before surgery.

conclusionWe encountered a rare case of ECS in which the sarcomatous element sloughed off prior to surgical resection.

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CarcinosarcomaEsophagusPolypoid tumor

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PMID32777763
PMCPMC7415637
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