Esophageal cancer with pulmonary metastasis

Case contributed by Ahmed Abdrabou , 16 May 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Sachi Hapugoda, 22 Jun 2017

Updates to Case Attributes

Title was changed:
Cancer esophagusOesophageal cancer with pulmonary metastasis
Body was changed:

The patient was diagnosed as oesophageal cancer esophagusT4N1M1 and biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma type.

  • -<p>The patient was diagnosed as <a title="Carcinoma of the esophagus" href="/articles/carcinoma-of-the-oesophagus-1">cancer esophagus</a> <a title="http://radiopaedia.org/articles/oesophageal_cancer_staging" href="/articles/oesophageal_cancer_staging">T4N1M1</a> and biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma type.</p>
  • +<p>The patient was diagnosed as <a title="Oesophageal cancer (staging)" href="/articles/oesophageal-cancer-staging-1">oesophageal</a><a title="Oesophageal cancer (staging)" href="/articles/oesophageal-cancer-staging-1"> cancer T4N1M1</a> and biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma type.</p>
Presentation was changed:
Dysphagia and chest pain of 2 months duration.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Irregular circumferential thickening of the mid esophagusoesophagus with esophagealoesophageal dilatation of the proximal segment, invasion of the adjacent right pleura, periosteal reaction without definite invasion of the right 2nd and 3rd ribs, subcarinal lymph node and multiple bilateral metastatic pulmonary nodules

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