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[Esophageal carcinoma after the endoscopic sclerotherapy of varices]
M A Macías Rodríguez1, M J Soria de la Cruz, M Iglesias Arrabal
1Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz.
Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report the case of a 52-years-old smoking male, diagnosed of liver cirrhosis, who developed a squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus 36 months after undergoing endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for bleeding esophageal varices. Nine courses with 3% polidocanol were performed along 10 months. It was injected intra and paravariceal at a total dose of 117 ml. The relationship between endoscopic injection sclerotherapy and developing squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is discussed.