[Squamous cell oesophageal cancer in patient after surgical treatment of achalasia]

Abstract

The authors presented a case of squamous cell oesophageal cancer in a patient after surgical treatment of achalasia performed five years earlier. The patient complained of the recurrent dysphagia. During endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract a malignant tumor in the lower part of oesophagus was diagnosed and the patient was operated on. He survived for five years.