[A case of small cell carcinoma of esophagus treated by chemotherapy with CDDP plus CPT-11 and radiotherapy].
2010
: We present a case of small cell carcinoma of esophagus treated by chemotherapy with CDDP plus CPT-11 and radiotherapy. A 73-year-old woman visited our hospital with complaints of neck mass and discomfort during swallowing. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a type 3 tumor in the middle portion of the esophagus, which was pathologically diagnosed as small cell carcinoma. A computed tomography showed lymph node swelling from neck to mediastinum. Then she was administered chemotherapy with CDDP plus CPT-11 and radiotherapy. The main tumor and lymph node swelling was remarkably reduced by chemoradiotherapy. The prognosis of small cell carcinoma of the esophagus is extremely poor because it may cause a general metastasis in early stage. This case was for long-term survival with chemoradiotherapy, and we report our case with the literature cited.
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