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Carcinoma of the oesophagus causing paraparesis by direct extension to the spinal cord
1Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK.
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 75-year-old man presented with dysphagia and subsequent paraparesis. He was treated by oesophageal dilatation and by the placement of an 8.4 cm Atkinson tube. It was shown that an oesophago-subarachnoid fistula, a rare complication of carcinoma of the oesophagus, had developed. This resulted from direct extension of the tumour to the spinal cord and caused paraparesis unrelated to treatment.