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Table 1 Characteristics for undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in esophagus

From: A case of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma in esophagus after multiple cancer treatments of surgery and chemoradiotherapy

Case no.

Age (year)/sex

Symptom

Location

Biopsy

Surgery

Appearance

Size (cm)

Depth

Pathology

Prognosis (month)/cause of death

Our case

73/M

None

Lt

Sarcoma

Partial esophagectomy

Submucosal

3

S

UPS

Alive (12)

1 [5]

65/M

Dysphagia

Mt

MFH

Polypectomy

Polypoid

3.3

Unknown

MFH

Alive (3)

2 [6]

59/M

Dysphagia, weight loss, fever

Mt

Malignant tumor

Subtotal esophagectomy

Pedunculated polypoid

6.5

Unknown

MFH

Unknown

3 [7]

46/M

Dysphagia

Mt

Necrosis tissue

Subtotal esophagectomy

Pedunculated polypoid

14

M

MFH + SCC

Unknown

4 [8]

67/M

Dysphagia

Lt

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Esophagogastrectomy, pneumonectomy, jejunum resection

Polypoid

12

A

MFH

Dead (1)

/Peritonitis

5 [9]

57/M

Dysphagia, odynophagia, hoarseness

Mt

Negative for carcinoma

Esophagotomy, mucosal resection

Pedunculated polypoid

6

Unknown

MFH

Alive (60)

6 [10]

50/M

Dysphagia, cough, weight loss

Ce

Sarcoma

Total esophagolaryngectomy, tracheostomy

Polypoid

12

S

UPS

Dead (7)

/Metastasis

7 [11]

66/M

Dysphagia

Mt

Malignant tumor

Polypectomy

Pedunculated polypoid

4.5

M

MFH + SCC

Unknown

8 [12]

43/M

Dysphagia, odynophagia, weight loss

Ce–Ut

UPS

Total esophagolaryngectomy

Polypoid

7

S

UPS

Alive (12)

9 [13]

78/M

Dysphagia

Mt

Pleomorphic malignant feature

Total esophagectomy

Pedunculated polypoid

7

S

MFH

Alive (12)

  1. Ce cervical esophagus, Ut upper thoracic esophagus, Mt middle thoracic esophagus, Lt lower thoracic esophagus, M muscularis mucosa, S submucosa, A Adventia, MFH malignant fibrous histiocytoma, UPS undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, SCC squamous cell carcinoma