Simultaneous resection of an adenocarcinoma of the cardia and a synchronous adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid. Report of a case
Introduction: Adenocarcinoma of the cardia synchronous with other intraabdominal neoplasms is very rare. We
report the case of a Siewert type II adenocarcinoma of the cardia synchronous with an adenocarcinoma of the
sigmoid both treated simultaneously by transjatal oesophago-gastrectomy and anterior resection of the sigmoid.
Case report: A 62 year-old male was admitted for a progressing dysphagia and weight loss. Oesophago-gastric
fibroscopy detected an adenocarcinoma of the cardia extending to the distal 2 cm of the esophagus (Siewert