Case Report
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 16, 2012; 4(8): 373-375
Published online Aug 16, 2012. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i8.373
A case of EMRC for basaloid squamous carcinoma of the cervical esophagus
Munetaka Nakamura, Jun Nishikawa, Shigeyuki Suenaga, Takeshi Okamoto, Fumiki Okamoto, Osamu Miura, Isao Sakaida
Munetaka Nakamura, Jun Nishikawa, Shigeyuki Suenaga, Takeshi Okamoto, Isao Sakaida, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
Fumiki Okamoto, Osamu Miura, Department of Surgery, Hofu Institute of Gastroenterology, 14-33 Ekiminamimachi, Hofu, Yamaguchi 747-0801, Japan
Author contributions: All authors made contributions to this article.
Correspondence to: Jun Nishikawa, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami-kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan. junnis@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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Received: July 9, 2011
Revised: June 28, 2012
Accepted: August 8, 2012
Published online: August 16, 2012
Abstract

Basaloid squamous carcinoma (BSC) of the esophagus is a rare esophageal tumor. A 79-year-old man with a history of proximal gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma in 2000 was followed-up by esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) annually. In June 2010, EGD revealed a new protruding lesion in the cervical esophagus. The small lesion was approximately 5 mm in size. A biopsy specimen showed poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. We performed endoscopic mucosal resection using a cap-fitted endoscope (EMRC). The histological diagnosis of the endoscopically resected specimen was BSC and the invasion depth was limited to the muscularis mucosae. Horizontal and vertical margins were negative. We report the case of superficial BSC in the cervical esophagus successfully resected by EMRC.

Keywords: Esophagus; Basaloid squamous carcinoma; Esophageal cancer; Endoscopic mucosal resection using a cap-fitted endoscope