Abstract
Many cases of double cancer of the esophagus and the stomach have been reported in Japan. However, double early cancers of the stomach and the esophagus were early reported. This is a case of early gastric cancer of reconstructed stomach tube found during follow-up study after radical operation of early esophageal cancer. A 78-year-old male was pointed out as superficial depressive esophageal cancer on X-ray and endoscopic examinations of the upper GI tract. Total thoracic esophagectomy was performed and pathological diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma, mm in depth, without lymphnode metastasis. Esophagogastrectomy was performed in the antesternal space. After 17 months, a minute gastric carcinoma of the prepylorus on the stomach tube was noted on the follow-up endoscopic examination. Partial gasterectomy including the cancer lesion was performed. Pathological studies revealed well dif f erenciated adenocarcinoma, m in depth, ly0 and v0.
