ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY CARCINOMA AT THE AREA OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION: A CASE REPORT WITH A REVIEW OF JAPANESE LITERATURES

Abstract

A 59-year-old man who had been treated for gastric ulcer since 4 years before, visited our hospital complaining of epigastralgia Endoscopic examination using a forward viewing panendoscope revealed a gastric ulcer at the angnlus and a minute lesion of elevated type carcinoma (type ha) measuring 1.0×0.5cm in size at the esophagogastric junctional area. The depth of invasion was limited within the submucosal layer. The minute early cancer at the area of esophagogastric junction is rare and the authors emphasized the utility of endoscopic examination with a review of Japanese literatures.