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REPORT OF A CASE

ALBERT C. BRODERS, M.D.; PORTER P. VINSON, M.D.; PERK LEE DAVIS, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1933;18(2):168-171.

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Primary malignant neoplasms of the esophagus are usually carcinomas. Sarcomas are rarely observed, and hemangio-endotheliomas are almost never observed. We have been able to find only one report¹ in the literature of a case of hemangio-endothelioma of the esophagus; the tumor in this case was discovered at postmortem examination. In the case presented here the diagnosis of primary hemangio-endothelioma of the esophagus was made during life.

REPORT OF CASE

A woman, aged 76, was examined on Feb. 18, 1933. Six weeks before examination dysphagia and considerable substernal pain developed rather suddenly. Since the pain was noted particularly when the patient attempted to swallow solid food, her diet was restricted to soft foods and liquids.

General physical examination revealed nothing of diagnostic significance except that all the teeth were absent and dental plates were worn. The patient had been eating cottage cheese mixed with the pulp of stewed prunes when her . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Member of the Division of Surgical Pathology, the Mayo Clinic; Member of the Division of Medicine, the Mayo Clinic; Fellow in Medicine, the Mayo Foundation ROCHESTER, MINN.

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