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Volume 25

October - December 2009 (Part-I)

Number  5


 

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Oesophageal carcinoma:
A review of endoscopic biopsies

Uzma Bukhari1, Rahim Siyal2, Fayaz Ahmed Memon3, Jawaid Hussin Memon4

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the frequency and pattern of esophageal carcinoma with respect to age and sex groups.

Methodology: All esophageal biopsies received in the Department of Pathology Muhammad Medical College Hospital Mirpurkhas over a five years period from January 2004 to December 2008 were reviewed and the cases of esophageal cancers studied in detail.

Results: A total of 215 cases were reviewed. There were 57 benign lesions and 158 were malignant. Out of 158 malignant lesions, the common carcinoma was squamous cell carcinoma 150 (95%) followed by five (3%) cases of adenocarcinoma and three (2%) cases of undifferentiated carcinoma. Females were predominant 57% as compared to males 43% with female to male ratio 1.3:1. Maximum number of the patients was seen in 5th decade of life followed by 4th and 6th decades.

Conclusion: Squamous cell carcinoma is the commonest esophageal carcinoma followed by Adenocarcinoma.

KEY WORDS: Squamous cell carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma, Dysphagia, Endoscopy.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2009 (Part-I)    Vol. 25 No. 5    845-848

How to cite this article:

Bukhari U, Siyal R, Memon FA, Memon JH.Oesophageal carcinoma: A review of endoscopic biopsies. Pak J Med Sci 2009;25(5):845-848.


1. Dr. Uzma Bukhari, , M.Phil,
2. Professor Rahim Siyal, M.phil,
3. Dr. Fayaz Ahmed Memon, MCPS, FCPS,
Department of Medicine,
4. Dr. Jawaid Hussin Memon, M.Phil,
1,2,4: Pathology Department,
1-4: Muhammad Medical College Hospital,
Mirpurkhas, Sindh. Pakistan.

Correspondence

Dr. Uzma Bukhari, M.phil (Histopathology)
Assistant Professor,
Pathology Department,
Muhammad Medical College Hospital,
Mirpurkhas, Sindh, Pakistan
E-mail: uuzmasyed@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: February 20, 2009

* Accepted: July 25, 2009



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