Case 35-2016. A 62-Year-Old Man with Dysphagia

N Engl J Med. 2016 Nov 17;375(20):1983-1991. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1610714.

Authors

Eunice L Kwak¹, Theodore S Hong¹, David G Forcione¹, Avinash Kambadakone¹, Jochen K Lennerz¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (E.L.K., D.G.F.), Radiation Oncology (T.S.H.), Radiology (A.K.), and Pathology (J.K.L.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (E.L.K., D.G.F.), Radiation Oncology (T.S.H.), Radiology (A.K.), and Pathology (J.K.L.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 27959609
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1610714

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma / genetics
Barium
Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Deglutition Disorders / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Esophageal Neoplasms / complications
Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Esophageal Neoplasms / genetics
Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
Esophagus / pathology
Gene Amplification
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / genetics*
Positron-Emission Tomography
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / antagonists & inhibitors
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / genetics*

Substances

Barium
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
PIK3CA protein, human
MET protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met