EARLY (SUPERFICIAL) ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA AND REPORT OF TWO CASES

Abstract

Earlyesophageal carcinoma defined as carcinoma with invasion limited to the mucosa or submucosa, is being increasingly recognized Tunely diagnosis ofthis early form ofesophagealneoplasiaprovidesthe o/?portunityfor curative resection. Wefound 2 casesofthis entity among 533 cases of esophagealsquamous cellcarcinomas resectedbetween 1989 and 1993 in the Cancer Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.