Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung invaded to esophagus: a case report of successful surgical treatment after preoperative transesophageal echographic evaluation.

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Tomohiro HarukiYuji Taniguchi

Abstract

We describe a successful surgical case of a 78-year-old man with a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung invaded to the esophagus. Chest computed tomography on admission showed a tumor mass shadow in the left lower lobe (S(6)). The tumor was adjacent to the esophagus, which was a strongly suspected lung cancer with esophageal invasion. We performed the transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for a detailed evaluation of the degree of invasion, and we obtained the findings of localized tumor invasion into the muscular coat of the esophagus. The tumor invaded to the esophagus perioperatively, and we could remove all the involved area with enough surgical margin. We believe that the preoperative evaluation using EUS is a useful procedure, if we suspect the lung cancer with esophageal invasion.

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