J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 96(4): 245-249, 1995

Case report

A PHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AFTER RESECTION OF A UPPER ESOPHAGEAL WEB

Department of Surgery I, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan

Eiji Meguro, Ryuji Nakamura, Masahiko Murakami, Yoshihiko Sugimura, Kaoru Ishida, Hiroshi Asahi, Kazuyoshi Saito

Dysphagia suddenly progressed in a 69-year-old woman who had a 50-year history of intermittent difficulty in swallowing solid food.
A thick circumferential who in the upper esophagus was extensive enough to be the cause of dysphagia. There was another thin semicircular web in the pharynx. Bouginage resulted in only 6-months relief of symptoms, and the same esophageal who was reformed with the same severe symptoms 3 years later.
Surgical resection of the esophageal web was performed. Extensive pharyngeal carcinoma was found 4 years after surgery. She died of heart failure during combination therapy of irradiation and chemotherapy.

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