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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1744-1746
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with esophageal cancer

Masaru Morita, MD, PhDa*, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, MD, PhDb, Sosei Kuma, MDb, Kiyoshi Kajiyama, MD, PhDb, Kenji Sugio, MD, PhDa, Kosei Yasumoto, MD, PhDa

a Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu, Japan
b Department of Surgery, Fukuoka-Higashi National Hospital, Koga City, Fukuoka, Japan

Accepted for publication April 3, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Morita, Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 807-8555, Japan
e-mail: m-morita{at}med.uoeh-u.ac.jp

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is extremely rare in patients with esophageal cancer. We herein describe a 65-year-old Japanese man whose esophageal cancer was diagnosed while examining his symptoms of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Esophagectomy and postoperative chemoradiation improved the typical radiologic findings of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy as well as the clinical symptoms. Furthermore, the patient has demonstrated a disease-free survival of more than 3 years.






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