A Case of Colon Cancer Developing at the Interposed
Graft for Treatment of Benign Esophageal Stricture

Keimyung Medical Journal 2010;29(2):138-142.

A Case of Colon Cancer Developing at the Interposed Graft for Treatment of Benign Esophageal Stricture

Sunyoung Lee; Eun Soo Kim; Woo Jin Chung; Kyung Sik Park; Kwang Bum Cho; Jae Seok Hwang; Hyun Ah Kim; Tae Yul Kim; Jae Hyuk Choi; Mi Jeong Kim; Hye Ra Jung

Abstract

Replacement of the esophagus with a colonic graft is one of the established treatments of benign strictures or malignant tumors of the esophagus. Among various late complications of this procedure; an adenocarcinoma developing in the reconstructed colon graft is an extremely rare condition. We managed a case of this unusual complication occurring 16 years after previous esophagectomy with colon interposition as treatment for benign strictures due to alkaline-induced corrosive esophagitis. This case emphasizes the importance of clinical awareness of the possibility for the development of malignancies in the interposed colon graft.

Key Words: Colon cancer, Corrosive esophagitis, Interposition

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