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Residents Special - Case 11

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57-year-old female with longstanding history of excessive diffuse keratinization of the oesophagus. 2006: spontaneous, incomplete esophageal rupture, which was treated successfully by endoscopy (compare:  Kieninger EM, Siebert F, Langner C. Endoscopic treatment of spontaneous, incomplete esophageal rupture in a patient with "crackleware esophagus". Endoscopy 2009;41 Suppl 2:E123-4). Since then annual surveillance. In December 2013 squamous dysplasia and subsequent oesophagectomy. The histological section shows a representative section of the surgical specimen.

Created date: 2014-04-15