A case study of rare lympho-epithelioma like esophageal carcinoma

Abstract

Sub classification of esophageal carcinoma is important due to differences in prognosis and management. Esophageal Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma (LELC) is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported to date. Carcinoma with lymphoid infiltration in the stomach, breast or nasopharynx has a good prognosis, but in the esophagus this histological type is extremely rare and its characterization is unclear.Review of the literature revealed case reports describing lesions with similar histology. We present a 69-year-old man with a giant pedunculated-polypoid lesion of the esophagus shrinking the lumen. Endoscopic excision of the tumor was performed and final histopathological diagnosis was confirmed to be LELC.