stenosis, more than 10 cm of the esophagogastric junction. The biopsy diagnosed esophageal squamous carcinoma and gastric adenocarcinoma. CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis dismissed pleural effusion or chest lymphnodes. Showed concentric thickening of the lower third of the esophagus, in gastroesophageal junction, antrum and lymph node along the lesser gastric curvature . Liver was normal in size...

Introduction. In patients with extra-adrenal malignancy, an adrenal mass necessitates investigating the possibility of metastatic tumor. Curable adrenal metastasis are considered as a rare event. Case report. A 52-year-old male suffering from lower esophageal adenocarcinoma with a solitary left adrenal metastasis is presented herein, who underwent concomitant transhiatal esophagectomy and left ...

Esophageal duplication cysts are congenital anomalies of the foregut that are rarely found in the abdomen. An accurate preoperative diagnosis is not always possible, so the definitive diagnosis can be made by histologic examination of the surgical specimen. We experienced a case of Intra-abdominal esophageal duplication cyst in a 52-year-old female, who initially presented with an esophageal su...

Epiphrenic diverticulum of the lower third of the esophagus is a relatively rare disorder. We present the case of a large, 7.5 cm diameter esophageal epiphrenic diverticulum treated by the laparoscopic approach. Surgery was indicated by the severity of the patient's symptoms and size of the diverticulum. A laparoscopic transhiatal diverticulectomy with a myotomy and Dor fundoplication was carri...

Aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is a rare anomaly, in which the right subclavian artery arises directly from the aortic arch instead of originating from the brachiocephalic artery. This anomaly should be taken into consideration during surgical procedures around esophagus, such as esophagectomy. Any unintentional injury of this artery during surgical procedures could be extremely life t...

BACKGROUND The marginal length from main tumor in esophageal cancer is aconsiderable issue regarding surgical management and adjuvant treatment; so we decided to study the contractility effect on the proximal surgical margin after immersing it in10% buffered formalin as a fixative. METHODS The proximal marginal length of ten sequential patients with esophageal cancer who underwent transhiatal...

© 2017 Asian Journal of Transfusion Science | Published by Wolters Kluwer ‐ Medknow Sir, A 29‐year‐old male patient with carcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction was posted for transhiatal esophagectomy. Intraoperatively, 2 units of packed red cells were ordered for transfusion to the patient and were issued to the patient as per the departmental standard operating procedure including pretran...

BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is a highly lethal malignancy. Esophageal resection remains the primary treatment in most centers. A number of approaches to esophageal resection have been described. METHODS: The authors review the current approaches to esophageal resection and adjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer. RESULTS: Transthoracic, transhiatal, and minimally invasive techniques are curren...

Esophagogastric junction (EGJ) adenocarcinomas are usually classified into one of the three categories of the Siewert system. The clinicopathological features of EGJ adenocarcinomas vary according to this classification scheme. The lymphatic flow in EGJ tumors of any type is mainly toward the abdomen, and nodal metastasis to the upper or middle mediastinum from Siewert type II or III tumors is ...

Castleman's disease (CD) is an uncommon benign lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology. A rare case of cervical CD diagnosed at lymph node dissection for esophageal carcinoma is reported. An esophageal tumor was identified in a 67-year-old man during a follow-up examination after surgery for oral carcinoma. Esophagoscopy revealed a type 1 tumor in the cervical esophagus. Histology of e...