ArticleGE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology2025
Challenging Diagnostic and Therapeutic Limits: Complete Circumferential Endoscopic Dissection of a Rare and Extensive Esophageal Carcinoma.
Article in GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Basal layer type squamous cell carcinoma (BLSCC) is a rare subtype of esophageal carcinoma imposing challenges in the diagnosis and endoscopic treatment with prognostic implications. We report a case of BLSCC successfully treated by complete circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection. Case Presentation: A 73-year-old man with a history of a stable non-Hodgkin's lymphocytic lymphoma presented with dysphagia. After a demanding diagnostic workup, an almost circumferential and extensive tenuous flat lesion of the distal esophagus was found. In a multidisciplinary team discussion, a circumferential endoscopic dissection approach was decided, which proved to be curative. The final histopathological diagnosis was BLSCC, a challenging diagnosis of a rare form of squamous cell neoplasia. There were no adverse events, including esophageal stenosis, or recurrence during a 12-month follow-up. Conclusion: Endoscopic submucosal dissection is an effective and safe therapeutic option for this rare type of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, even with extensive esophageal involvement.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.