Successful treatment of post chemotherapy esophageal cicatricial atresia in a pediatric patient with anaplastic large cell lymphoma through minimally invasive esophagectomy: a case report

Hozaka, Yuto; Sasaki, Ken; Nishikawa, Takuro; Onishi, Shun; Noda, Masahiro; Tsuruda, Yusuke; Uchikado, Yasuto; Kita, Yoshiaki; Arigami, Takaaki; Mori, Shinichiro; Maemura, Kosei; Ieiri, Satoshi; Kawano, Yoshifumi; Natsugoe, Shoji; Ohtsuka, Takao

doi:10.1186/s40792-021-01108-8

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Table 1 Summary of clinical features of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma cases with esophageal involvement

From: Successful treatment of post chemotherapy esophageal cicatricial atresia in a pediatric patient with anaplastic large cell lymphoma through minimally invasive esophagectomy: a case report

	Author (reference number), year	Age (years)	Sex	Symptoms and signs	Esophageal site of the tumor	Tumor type (macroscopic appearance on endoscopy)	Complication owing to esophageal involvement	Diagnostic method	Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) expression	Tumor stage per the Ann arbor classification	Treatment	Outcome
1	Pearson JM et al. [6], 1991	73	M	Fatigue, weight loss, fever	Lower thoracic	Infiltrative type	Esophageal dilation	Autopsy	Not described	IV	None	Death immediately after onset
2	Ross CW et al. [7], 1992	44	F	Dysphagia, back pain	Upper thoracic	Protruding type	Severe esophageal stricture	Endoscopic biopsy of the esophagus	Not described	IV	Chemotherapy and radiotherapy	Lost to follow-up after 6 months
3	Yaakup H et al. [8], 2008	34	F	Dysphagia	Upper thoracic	Protruding type (similar to hard fungating tumors)	Severe esophageal stricture	Endoscopic biopsy of the esophagus	Positive	IV	Chemotherapy, allo-SCT, and esophageal stenting	Being followed up for 24 months
4	Joshi A et al. [9], 2008	55	M	Dysphasia, weight loss, sore throat	Cervical	Ulcerative type	Tracheoesophageal fistula	Endoscopic biopsy of the esophagus	Positive	III	Chemotherapy and allo-SCT	Not described
5	Wu N et al. [4], 2011	37	M	Dysphagia, weight loss	Middle thoracic	Protruding type (submucosal tumor)	None	Esophagogastrostomy	Positive	III	Esophagectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy	Being followed up for 14 months
6	Hryhorczuk AL et al. [10], 2012	3	M	Abdominal pain, vomiting	Upper thoracic	Not described	Esophageal obstruction and perforation	Axillary lymph node biopsy	Positive	III	Chemotherapy	Not described
7	Azarpira N et al. [11], 2017	16	M	Dysphagia	Middle thoracic	Infiltrative type	Severe esophageal stricture	Endoscopic biopsy of the esophagus	Positive	III	Chemotherapy and esophageal dilatation	Not described
8	Current case	11	M	Abdominal pain, cough, dysphagia	Middle thoracic	Infiltrative type	Esophageal atresia	Chest effusion cytology	Positive	IV	Chemotherapy, allo-SCT, and esophagectomy	Being followed up for 47 months

allo-SCT allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, ALK anaplastic lymphoma kinase

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