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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
July 2003

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Question:

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The summer of this year is here again - at least on our half of the globe. During the summer - in June, July and August - the Quiz will be quite easy for two reasons. First, a quick answers save You time to be out in the sun. Second, You do not have to be an expert in endoscopy to manage in this quiz during the summer. So - if You are a health care professional just thinking of starting a career in endoscopy, please have a try - You might find it interesting!

This old gentleman had experienced some progressing swallowing difficulties during the last 4 - 6 weeks. The fourth image shows the x-ray finding. Subsequently an endoscopic examination of his oesophagus was done, with the finding seen in the three first images. What is this serious disease?

Answer

    Oesophageal Squamocellular Cancer

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    Dr.CSBR.Prasad, Riyadh, CP, Saudi Arabia
    Serkan Sarıkaya, İzmir, TURKEY
    German Lloret-Salom, Alzira, España
    Fred Stam, Haarlem, Holland
    LUISGUILLERMOGUERRERO, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
    BALAZ MARIAN Dr., Benešov, Czech republic
    dongjun fan, taiyuan, china
    Christian Nielsen, Uppsala, Sweden
    Hurler, Heidenheim, Germany

Pigeon Rocks, Beirut, Lebanon
    Zahreddine Radwan, Beirut, Lebanon
    Lorna Kirkham, Milton Keynes, U.K.
    PARABOLI SILVA, Marcio Luiz , Sao Jose do Rio Preto-, Serviço Endoscopia Digestiva Hospital Santa Helena
    Christos Zavos, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Dario Gambaccini, Livorno, ITALY
    Dr.Virendra Parikh, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, USA
    DR. BHAGWAN THAKUR, BOMBAY, INDIA
    Dr.ARBER F. VELIU, Prishtina, Kosovo
    Ignacio Hanna, Guayaquil, Ecuador


    Stockholm, Sweden
    Lars Kjellström, Stockholm, Sweden
    Dr.SG.Ranjani, Chickballapur, Karnataka, India
    Murat Toruner, Rochester, USA/MN

    Comments:

      A wild guess - oesophageal cancer!?Nasty looking X-ray.

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