Abstract

PILA PEREZ, Rafael; PILA PELAEZ, Rafael; SUAREZ SORI, Boris  and  RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Aquiles. Primary esophageal neoplasia: clinical and diagnosis. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, n.4, pp. 373-380. ISSN 1025-0255.

Twenty-eigth patients with primary esophageal neoplasia excluiding adenocarcinomas of cardias and gastric fundus, from 1990 to 2000 at Manuel Ascunce Domenech, Amalia Simoni and Madame Curie Hospitals, of Camagüey city, Cuba, were studied. The mean time of evolution since the diagnosis was the primary symptoms until the diagnosis 5±3 mounths. The great majority of cases were men among 55-64 years old (67, 9 %) and the white skin was the most representative (60, 7 %). The 75 % drank alcohol daily, while 22 sick-patients (78, 6 %) came from urbans areas. The 21, 4 % had previous preneoplasic lesions. The 92, 8 % patients presented dysphagia at the moment of diagnosis. Other important symptoms were lose weight (87, 7 %), regurgitation (67, 8 %), and retrosternal pain (50 %). Diagnostic sensibility was similar for imaging and endoscopy, but it was of 100 % for the endoscopic combination and biobsy and/or cytology.

Keywords : ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMAS [diagnosis].

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