Research Article
Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Barretts Esophagus
Esteban Trakál1*, Juan José Trakál1, Abel L. L. Butti1, Fabián E. Zárate1, Andrés Guidi2 and Rubén Sambuelli2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Reina Fabiola Clinic, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Córdoba, Argentina
2Department of Pathology, Reina Fabiola Clinic, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Córdoba, Argentina
- *Corresponding Author:
- Esteban Trakal
Department of Gastroenterology
Reina Fabiola Clinic, School of Medicine
Catholic University of Córdoba, Argentina
E-mail: e-trakal@onenet.com.ar
Received date: April 17, 2013; Accepted date: June 20, 2013; Published date: June 22, 2013
Citation: Trakál E, Trakál JJ, Butti ALL, Zárate FE, Guidi A, et al. (2013) Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Barrett’s Esophagus. J Gastroint Dig Syst S12:018. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.S12-018
Copyright: © 2013 Trakál E, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Barrett’s esophagus (BE), consequence of chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a pre-malignant condition, capable of turning into adenocarcinoma (ACa). However the presence of squamous cell carcinoma (SCa) coexisting with Barrett’s metaplasia, is reported in some papers. The aim of this paper is to present 17 patients involving synchronous BE and SCa.
