Gastroenterologie
a hepatologie

Variable endoscopic appearance of early squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus

Jan Knot¹, Ivana Peisarová², Jana Malušková ^{Orcid.org  3}, Vladimír Nosek ^{Orcid.org  4}, Petr Štirand ^{Orcid.org  5}, Jan Martínek ^{Orcid.org  5,6}

+ Affiliation
¹ Gastroenterologie, Oblastní nemocnice Mladá Boleslav, a.s.
² Patologicko-anatomické oddělení, Oblastní nemocnice Mladá Boleslav, a.s.
³ Pracoviště klinické a transplantační patologie, Transplantcentrum, IKEM, Praha
⁴ Gastroenterologie, Nemocnice Jablonec nad Nisou, p.o.
⁵ Klinika hepatogastroenterologie, Transplantcentrum, IKEM, Praha
⁶ Gastroenterologická a endoskopická ambulancia, Interná klinika FZaSP TU a FN Trnava, Slovenská republika

Summary

We present a case report of a 68-year-old patient with accidental detection of early squamous cell carcinoma of the middle part of the oesophagus. During the diagnostic process, the macroscopic fading of the tumour had changed and Lugol’s staining (otherwise a very sensitive and specific method for diagnosing early squamous carcinoma) was false negative. The false negative Lugol’s staining was explained by a detailed histological assessment.

Keywords

Lugol’s solution, oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, endoscopic resection

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