We report a case of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus presenting as an orbital metastasis prior to the primary diagnosis. A 66-year-old white male presented to his ophthalmologist with right orbital swelling for several months. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a supraorbital infiltrative mass. Pathology from the mass revealed findings consistent with adenocarcinoma of gastrointestinal origin. ...

Primary esophageal malignant melanoma (MM) is rare and extremely aggressive. For pathologists, it can be challenging to diagnose and differentiate from other poorly differentiated malignant neoplasms in the esophagus. Complicating this fact, MM can have divergent differentiation and express nonmelanocytic immunohistochemical markers including epithelial markers (cytokeratins) and rarely neuroen...

In a follow-up study of 147 patients with achalasia of the esophagus treated by myotomy, 146 patients were traced (58 female and 88 male patients aged 4 to 83 years [median, 46 years]). The living persons were contacted in writing or by telephone. The mean follow-up time after the operation was 23.2 years (range, 6 to 41 years). The cause of death was established for 71 patients. There were thr...

congenital esophageal atresia needs to be surgically corrected as soon as possible. some will present with post surgical stricture that needs to be dilated by a balloon dilator. this procedure is difficult in premature born due to infant esophageal size and availability of equipments. we herby report the first case in a premature infant with post surgical esophageal stricture of esophageal atre...

Background & Aims: Esophageal and gastric cancers are among prevalent cancers in the world and it is believed that nitrate and nitrite contaminations of drinking water are important factors in increasing the risk of these cancers. This study was designed to determine the correlations between these factors and upper gastrointestinal cancers. Methods: In this ecologic study, mean concentrations o...