A Case of Cancer Developed in the Stomach Tube after Radical Operation of Esophageal Cancer

Abstract

The patient had had total thoracic esophagectomy for type 2 esophageal cancer on July 1984 when he was 55 years old. The pathological diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma, mp in depth, n₀, ly₀, v₀.
On February 1992, endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract for anemia revealed IIc-like advanced gastric cancer in the stomach tube. Partial resection of the stomach tube was performed and histology revealed well differentiated adenocarcinoma, pm in depth.
Fifty-four cases with cancer in the stomach tube reported in Japanese literatures, including our case, were analyzed and it was concluded that careful endoscopic follow-up study after operation for esophageal cancer is necessary to detect the early cancerous lesion at the stomach tube.