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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2014; 20(20): 6322-6328
Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6322
Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6322
Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of 114 superficial esophageal carcinomas n (%)
| Characteristics | No. of lesions |
| Location | |
| Upper esophagus | 18 (15.8) |
| Mid-esophagus | 72 (63.2) |
| Lower esophagus | 24 (21.1) |
| Histologic type | |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 108 (94.7) |
| Adenocarcinoma | 3 (2.6) |
| Neuroendocrine carcinoma | 3 (2.6) |
| Differentiation degree | |
| Well differentiated | 43 (37.7) |
| Moderately differentiated | 61 (53.5) |
| Poorly differentiated | 10 (8.8) |
| Macroscopic shape | |
| Elevated | 62 (54.4) |
| Flat | 38 (33.3) |
| Depressed | 14 (12.3) |
| Circumferential spread | |
| < 1/4 | 44 (38.6) |
| 1/4–2/4 | 35 (30.7) |
| 2/4–3/4 | 16 (14.0) |
| ≥ 3/4 | 19 (16.7) |
| Tumor size (cm) | |
| < 3 | 74 (64.9) |
| ≥ 3 | 40 (35.1) |
- Citation: Jung JI, Kim GH, I H, Park DY, Kim TK, Cho YH, Sung YW, Choi MK, Lee BE, Song GA. Clinicopathologic factors influencing the accuracy of EUS for superficial esophageal carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(20): 6322-6328
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i20/6322.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6322