2000 Volume 42 Issue 3 Pages 258-261
A 73-year-old woman who was admitted because of gastric ulcer 10 months previously was referred to our hospital for endoscopy. Endoscopy revealed a slightly elevated lesion measuring about 5 mm in diameter in the middle portion of the esophagus. We performed endoscopic mucosal resection for the lesion. Histological examination of the specimen yielded a diagnosis of small cell carcinoma of the esophagus with the invasion depth of m3. After mucosal resection, chemotherapy with carboplatin and etoposide was given, and there has been no recurrence for 28 months. To our knowledge, this is the first repoted case of esophageal small cell carcinoma that was discovered at the stage of mucosal carcinoma and resected endoscopically.
