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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report the case of a 60 year-old woman patient with esophageal papillomatosis, revealed by slowly progressive dysphagia and digestive hemorrhage. Multiple warty tumors were found at endoscopy, starting at approximately 23 cm from the dental ridge, increasing in size into the lower esophagus where they were responsible for stenosis. Pathological examination demonstrated epithelial proliferation with lengthened papillae, hyperkeratosis, hyperacanthosis and severe dysplasia. No extra-esophageal papillomata were discovered. Subtotal esophagectomy was performed and pathological examination with immune markers suggested a human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. However, search for HPV DNA was negative. To our knowledge, this constitutes the fifth case reported in the literature. The principal problem posed by this rare disease is the possible association with and/or progression to carcinoma, the diagnosis of which may be difficult, and particularly, with verrucous carcinoma. With this diagnostic uncertainty in mind, the authors suggest total surgical removal of the esophagus in this situation.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0399-8320
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of esophageal papillomatosis in adults].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Case Reports