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Report of Successful Resection of a Fibrosarcoma

DWIGHT EDWIN CLARK, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1949;59(2):348-354.

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PRIMARY sarcoma of the esophagus is a rare condition. Dvorak¹ in 1931 presented an excellent discussion of the entire subject and reviewed the reported cases up to that time. He found less than 50 cases in the literature, and in many of these there was considerable doubt concerning the exact pathologic process. Simon² three years earlier was able to collect only about 30 unquestioned cases.

Since 1931 there have been few additional cases of primary sarcoma of the esophagus reported. Jaleski and Waldo³ described an interesting case of a primary melanotic sarcoma of the esophagus which was not diagnosed before autopsy. The tumor was polypoid, and there was extensive metastasis to the lungs, liver, pancreas, spine and regional lymph nodes. Cases of primary leiomyosarcoma of the esophagus have been contributed by Mallory,⁴ Menne and Birge,⁵ French and Garland⁶ and Pennes.⁷ Bayer⁸ in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Surgery, University of Chicago.

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