Superficial Carcinoma of the Esophagus (Cases 20–24)

A man, aged 59 years, complaining of occasional epigastric pain, underwent an upper GI endoscopic examination. At 33 cm from the teeth a lesion was found and biopsied. Three weeks thereafter endoscopic resection was performed. Histological examination of the two resected pieces revealed that not all resection margins were free of neoplastic change. However, on follow-up endoscopy 2 weeks later, no unstained area could be seen around the postresection ulcer; also, no neoplastic changes could be observed in 16 biopsies taken from the ulcer margin.