adenoid cystic carcinoma of the esophagus report of two cases and review of the chinese literature腺样囊性癌食管两种情况的报告和审查的中国文学.pdfVIP

Guo et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2012, 7:179 /content/7/1/179 CASE REPORT Open Access Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the esophagus: report of two cases and review of the Chinese literature 1 1 1 1* 1 2 Xu-feng Guo , Ten Mao , Zhi-tao Gu , Wen-tao Fang , Wen-hu Chen and Jin-chen Shao Abstract Squamous cell carcinoma is the major pathology type of esophageal cancer in China, where adenocarcinoma is rare and adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is more rare comparing to the western countries. We report the surgical and pathologic findings of two cases of primary ACC of the esophagus, and review of the Chinese literature of this tumor. Virtual slides: The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/ vs/1507582238843246 Keywords: Adenoid cystic carcinoma, Esophagus, Surgery Introduction thoracic esophagus (Figure 1B). Esophagoscopy showed Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is not uncommon in a cauliflower-like polypoid lesion (Figure 1C). A biopsy the salivary glands and respiratory tract; however, it specimen suggested poorly differentiated squamous cell occurs extremely rarely in the esophagus, where its be- carcinoma, and a subtotal esophagectomy was per- havior is biologically aggressive [1]. It constitutes 0.1% of formed (Ivor- Lewis). There was no evidence of direct all esophageal malignancies, and only 60 cases have been invasion to the neighboring structures, lymphatic spread, reported so far in the literature [2]. Herein, we present 2 or organ metastasis. The resected speci