Squamous cell carcinoma in Barrett’s esophagus

Autor: Esteban Trakál, Juan José Trakál, Abel L L Butti, Fabián E Zárate, Andrés Guidi, Rubén Sambuelli
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Acta Gastroenterológica Latinoamericana, Vol 44, Iss 3, Pp 257-259 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0300-9033
Popis: Barrett’s esophagus (BE), consequence of chronic gastroe - sophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a premalignant condi - tion, capable of turning into adenocarcinoma (ACa). Howe - ver, the presence of squamous cell carcinoma (SCa) coexisting with Barrett’s metaplasia is reported in some papers. The aim of this paper is to present 17 patients involving synchronous BE and SCa.
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