A Case of Double Primary Cancer in the Esophagus

Korean J Gastrointest Endosc > Volume 38(1); 2009 > Article

Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2009;38(1): 24-27.

동시성 식도 중복암 1예

민정요ㆍ이현정ㆍ손혜숙ㆍ김진수ㆍ김형근ㆍ조영석ㆍ채현석

가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 내과

A Case of Double Primary Cancer in the Esophagus

Jeong Yo Min, M.D., Hyun Jeong Lee, M.D., Hye Suk Son, M.D., Jin Su Kim, M.D., Hyung Keun Kim, M.D., Young Seok Cho, M.D. and Hiun Suk Chae, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary`s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea

Abstract

Double primary cancer is usually accompanied by gastrointestinal cancer. The incidence of histologically different cancers in the same organ is less than that of double cancers arising from different organs. The cancers accompanied by esophageal squamous cell carcinoma are laryngopharyngeal cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma and primary hepatocarcinoma. Esophageal cancer is supposed to be frequently accompanied by squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck or the upper respiratory tract because of such common carcinogens as smoking and alcohol ingestion. On the other hand, it is vary rare that a synchronous double primary cancer is diagnosed at the esophagus. We present here a case of double esophageal cancer in a 77 year-old patient who visited our hospital because of progressive dysphagia that she'd experienced for 3 weeks. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2009;38:24-27)

Key Words: Dysphagia, Double primary esophageal cancer, Gastroendoscopy