Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2008 Dec;41(6):787-790.
Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus: A case report
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medical, Hanyang University, Korea. jhkang@hiware.hanyang.ac.kr
Abstract
- Barrett's esophagus is precancerous lesion of esophageal adenocarcinoma, but this has been rarely reported in Korea. A 81-year-old man with esophageal adenocarcinoma was admitted to our hospital, and we performed a distal esophagectomy and end-to-end esophagogastrostomy. The microscopic examination of the resected tissue revealed the intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells around the esophageal adenocarcinoma, which indicates this was a Barrett's esophagus. We report here on this case along with a review of the relevant literature.
