Persistent cough: An unexpected diagnosis

Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer and the sixth most common cause of cancer death globally. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) accounts for 70%-90% of esophageal cancers worldwide, 5% are adenocarcinoma, and 5% represent rare malignancies and metastases from other organs. We...

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Published in:Journal of family medicine and primary care 2020-05, Vol.9 (5), p.2548-2551
Main Authors: Panda, Suman, Satyanarayan, Bhagyalakshmi, Prasad, Satish, Koshy, Binu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma
Atelectasis
Cancer
Cancer metastasis
Carcinoma
Case Report
chronic cough
Death
Diagnosis
Esophageal cancer
Health aspects
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphatic diseases
Respiratory symptoms
Squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus
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Summary:Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer and the sixth most common cause of cancer death globally. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) accounts for 70%-90% of esophageal cancers worldwide, 5% are adenocarcinoma, and 5% represent rare malignancies and metastases from other organs. We present a case where a 54-year-old lady, with multiple readmissions for persistent dry cough and respiratory symptoms, turns out to be an esophageal malignancy. CECT thorax revealed an enhancing wall thickening of the esophagus with paraoesophageal fat stranding, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and subsegmental right lobe atelectasis, suggestive of a probable esophageal malignancy. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a circumferential esophageal growth which on biopsy and histopathological examination turned out to be a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus.
ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_41_20