Case Report
A Case of Recurrent Esophageal Cancer Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy in Pregnancy
Table 1
Cases of esophageal cancer during pregnancy reported in the literature.
| Case | Age | Primary or recurrence | Timing of diagnosis (weeks of gestation) | symptoms | Treatment | Delivery (weeks of gestation) | Fetal outcome | Maternal outcome |
| Sharma et al. 2009 | 36 | Primary | 29 | dysphagia, hematemesis | Surgery after delivery | 31 CS | 2,200 g uneventful | Death | Al-Githmi et al. 2009 | 29 | Primary | 29 | dysphagia, weight loss | Surgery after delivery | 32 CS | unknown | Death | Jain et al. 2014 | 27 | Recurrence | 26 | dysphagia, weight loss | Chemotherapy during pregnancy | 34 CS | 2,300 g uneventful | Survival | Sahin et al. 2015 | 26 | Primary | 27 | dysphagia, weight loss | Surgery during pregnancy | 32 VD | uneventful | Survival | Akdemir et al. 2016 | 39 | Primary | 28 | dysphagia, weight loss | Refusal of treatment | 34 CS | 2,650 g uneventful | Unknown | The present case | 41 | Recurrence | 16 | none | CRT during pregnancy | 38 CS | 2,480 g uneventful | Survival |
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CRT, concurrent chemoradiation therapy; CS, cesarean section; VD, vaginal delivery.
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