Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting

Oesophageal cancer is divided into two main subtypes, squamous and adenocarcinoma. It is the eighth most common cancer in the world with squamous more common in the developing world and adenocarcinoma most prevalent in the developed world. Incidences of concomitant squamous carcinoma with adenocarci...

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Main Authors:	Niall Hardy, Justin Kelly, John Conneely, Barry Kelleher
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2713589

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spelling	doaj-984f232dafce496f9607ee42f26fc9052020-11-24T23:15:28ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362017-01-01201710.1155/2017/27135892713589Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and StentingNiall Hardy0Justin Kelly1John Conneely2Barry Kelleher3Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Gastroenterology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandOesophageal cancer is divided into two main subtypes, squamous and adenocarcinoma. It is the eighth most common cancer in the world with squamous more common in the developing world and adenocarcinoma most prevalent in the developed world. Incidences of concomitant squamous carcinoma with adenocarcinoma are exceedingly rare with only a few documented occurrences in the form of case reports existing. Here we report a case of synchronous squamous and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus occurring in an 81-year-old lady with dysphagia, weight loss, and no identifiable risk factors.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2713589
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spellingShingle	Niall Hardy Justin Kelly John Conneely Barry Kelleher Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
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title	Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting
title_short	Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting
title_full	Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting
title_fullStr	Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting
title_full_unstemmed	Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting
title_sort	synchronous upper squamous and lower adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus: a rarely reported case treated with palliative chemotherapy and stenting
publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
issn	2090-6528 2090-6536
publishDate	2017-01-01
description	Oesophageal cancer is divided into two main subtypes, squamous and adenocarcinoma. It is the eighth most common cancer in the world with squamous more common in the developing world and adenocarcinoma most prevalent in the developed world. Incidences of concomitant squamous carcinoma with adenocarcinoma are exceedingly rare with only a few documented occurrences in the form of case reports existing. Here we report a case of synchronous squamous and adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus occurring in an 81-year-old lady with dysphagia, weight loss, and no identifiable risk factors.
url	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2713589
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Synchronous Upper Squamous and Lower Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagus: A Rarely Reported Case Treated with Palliative Chemotherapy and Stenting

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