Rapid-growing carcinosarcoma of the esophagus arising from intraepithelial squamous cell carcinoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Uchiyama, Shouichi ^a   Imai, Shigeru ^a   Hoshino, Arichika ^a   Obara, Kunihiko ^a   Yoshida, Kazuaki ^a   Kodama, Hidebumi ^a   Kamisago, Satoshi ^a  

^a Tokyu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Esophagogram; Esophagus; Growth rate; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SORE THROAT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0034051069     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00010065     Document Type: Article

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