Abstract
Eleven cases of adenosquamous carcinoma of the esophagus were studied clinico-pathologically. Seven of them were early esophageal carcinoma. Endoscopic examination of the lesions revealed that seven were elevated, three stenotic and one superficial. Histological examination revealed that the adenocarcinomatous component was of the glandular type in 10 cases and signet ring cell type in one. Ten lesions showed a mixed histological distribution of adenocarcinomatous and squamous carcinomatous components, while one was a collision type of the two components. The prognostic data showed a better prognosis in patients with adenosquamous carcinoma of the esophagus than in those with squamous cell carcinoma, after curative resection with lymph node dissection.
