GASTRIC-CARCINOMA DEVELOPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTED GASTRIC TUBE FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY - ANALYSIS OF 58 CASES

  • Authors:
    • K KITAMURA
    • K SUGIMACHI
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  • Published online on: October 1, 1993     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.4.597
  • Pages: 597-601
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Abstract

Fifty-eight Japanese patients with secondary adenocarcinoma, which developed in the reconstructed gastric tube after esophagectomy for carcinoma of the esophagus, were reviewed from 20 case reports published over a period of twenty years. Following esophagectomy the gastric tube was replaced through the antesternal route in 32 patients (55.2%), through the retrosternal route in 19 (32.7%) and through the intrathoracic route in 7 (12.1%). Regarding the initial diagnosis of the secondary carcinoma, 28 patients (48.3%) had a self-palpable tumor in the anterior chest, 10 patients (17.2%) had a feeling of dysphagia, and two (3.4%) experienced epigastralgia. In eighteen patients (31.1%), the secondary carcinoma was detected incidentally at follow-up examinations, including two autopsied cases. The interval between esophagectomy and the detection of the secondary carcinoma in the gastric tube ranged from 7 to 255 months (mean 72.4 +/- 54.2 months). In 31 patients (53.4%) the secondary carcinoma was detected more than 5 years after esophagectomy. The mean survival period was 81.2 +/- 54.3 months with a range from 21 to 227 months after esophagectomy. These results thus emphasise the significance of lifetime check-ups for the reconstructed gastric tube, especially when the stomach is used as substitution for the esophagus.

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KITAMURA K and KITAMURA K: GASTRIC-CARCINOMA DEVELOPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTED GASTRIC TUBE FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY - ANALYSIS OF 58 CASES. Int J Oncol 3: 597-601, 1993
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KITAMURA, K., & KITAMURA, K. (1993). GASTRIC-CARCINOMA DEVELOPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTED GASTRIC TUBE FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY - ANALYSIS OF 58 CASES. International Journal of Oncology, 3, 597-601. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.4.597
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KITAMURA, K., SUGIMACHI, K."GASTRIC-CARCINOMA DEVELOPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTED GASTRIC TUBE FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY - ANALYSIS OF 58 CASES". International Journal of Oncology 3.4 (1993): 597-601.
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KITAMURA, K., SUGIMACHI, K."GASTRIC-CARCINOMA DEVELOPING IN THE RECONSTRUCTED GASTRIC TUBE FOLLOWING ESOPHAGECTOMY - ANALYSIS OF 58 CASES". International Journal of Oncology 3, no. 4 (1993): 597-601. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.3.4.597