Double indemnity in oesophageal carcinoma?

Oesophageal tuberculosis mimicking oesophageal carcinoma.

Tuberculous involvement of the oesophagus is rare, and is usually caused by direct spread from adjacent afflicted structures. We report an 83-year-old male patient with oesophageal tuberculosis secondary to tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis who presented with non-specific symptoms of anorexia and lethargy. Upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy revealed an ulcerative tumour-like lesion in the mi...

Oesophageal carcinoma in Karachi.

Between January, 1979 to August, 1990, 107 histologically proven cases of oesophageal carcinoma were seen. The ages of the patients ranged from 19-85 years (mean 55 +/- 14 years) with a male to female ratio of 1.2:1. Majority (70%) of the cases belonged to lower socioeconomic group and 56% were migrants from India. History of tobacco chewing or smoking was present in 78% cases. In 54%, the lesi...

Oesophageal Atresia with Double Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula.

Oesophageal carcinoma

Oesophageal carcinoma affects more than 450,000 people worldwide and the incidence is rapidly increasing. Squamous-cell carcinoma is the predominant form of oesophageal carcinoma worldwide, but a shift in epidemiology has been seen in Australia, the UK, the USA, and some western European countries (eg, Finland, France, and the Netherlands), where the incidence of adenocarcinoma now exceeds that...

Oesophageal Carcinoma: A Review

Figure 1. The increase in the incidence of adenocarcinoma in the US over the past several decades.Dashed line: all oesophageal cancers, in all races, men and women; dotted line: squamous cell carcinoma in Caucasian men; solid line: adenocarcinoma in Caucasian men. Data from Spechler and Ries et al. INTRODUCTION Oesophageal cancer is one of the most lethal forms of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer w...