A rare primary adenocystic carcinoma (cylindromatous carcinoma) of the esophagus, removed at autopsy from a 72-year-old Caucasian man, is described in histologic detail. Only eight previous cases have been reported. The tumor was highly aggressive although morphologically identical to the salivary g
Carcinoma of the esophagus
โ Scribed by V. Birch Rambo; Dr. Paul H. O'Brien; M. Clinton Miller III; Martha Rohrer Stroud; Edward F. Parker
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 574 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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