Malignant esophageal neoplasms
Last revised by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad on 17 Mar 2024
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Knipe H, Niknejad M, Ranchod A, et al. Malignant esophageal neoplasms. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-41656
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- Malignant esophageal neoplasms
- Malignant esophageal tumors
- Malignant oesophageal tumours
Malignant esophageal neoplasms are much more common than benign esophageal neoplasms, especially if the patient is symptomatic.
Pathology
- esophageal carcinoma (90%)
- esophageal neuroendocrine tumors (1%)
- esophageal lymphoma (rare; <1% of gastrointestinal lymphoma)
- esophageal leiomyosarcoma
- esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
- metastases (3% of patients with a primary malignancy)
- most commonly from direct invasion rather than hematogenous spread
References
- 1. Lewis RB, Mehrotra AK, Rodriguez P et-al. From the radiologic pathology archives: esophageal neoplasms: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 2013;33 (4): 1083-108. doi:10.1148/rg.334135027 - Pubmed citation
- 2. Weissleder R, Wittenberg J, Harisinghani MMGH et-al. Primer of Diagnostic Imaging. Mosby. (2011) ISBN:0323065384. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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