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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Esophageal_squamous_cell_carcinoma_-_a1_--_high_mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      = atypical squamous cells invading into the lamina propria
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]]
| Stains    =
| IHC        = p63 +'ve, CK5/6 +'ve
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[esophagus]] - usually proximal or mid portion
| Assdx      = [[squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]], [[alcohol]], [[smoking]]
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  = dysphagia of solid and liquids
| Prevalence = uncommon
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = poor
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = benign [[esophageal stricture]]
| Tx        = usu. surgery - if feasible, chemotherapy, radiation
}}
'''Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus''' is a relatively uncommon form of esophageal cancer.
'''Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus''' is a relatively uncommon form of esophageal cancer.


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*Food with nitrosamines.
*Food with nitrosamines.
*Burning-hot beverages.
*Burning-hot beverages.
**Disputed.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zamora-Ros | first1 = R. | last2 = Luján-Barroso | first2 = L. | last3 = Bueno-de-Mesquita | first3 = HB. | last4 = Dik | first4 = VK. | last5 = Boeing | first5 = H. | last6 = Steffen | first6 = A. | last7 = Tjønneland | first7 = A. | last8 = Olsen | first8 = A. | last9 = Bech | first9 = BH. | title = Tea and coffee consumption and risk of esophageal cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. | journal = Int J Cancer | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1002/ijc.28789 | PMID = 24535727 }}</ref>


Note:
Note:
*Reflux is ''not'' a risk factor for esophageal SCC.
*Reflux is ''not'' a risk factor for esophageal SCC.
**It is a risk factor indirectly for [[esophageal adenocarcinoma]].
**It is a risk factor indirectly for [[esophageal adenocarcinoma]].
Clinical:
*Dysphagia of solid and liquids.
*Weight loss.
*Multimodal treatment - surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.<ref name=pmid24480403>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bass | first1 = GA. | last2 = Furlong | first2 = H. | last3 = O'Sullivan | first3 = KE. | last4 = Hennessy | first4 = TP. | last5 = Walsh | first5 = TN. | title = Chemoradiotherapy, with adjuvant surgery for local control, confers a durable survival advantage in adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. | journal = Eur J Cancer | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jan | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.12.022 | PMID = 24480403 }}</ref>
==Gross==
*Mass in the esophagus - classically proximal or mid portion.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
:See ''[[Squamous carcinoma]]''.
Features - atypical squamous cells with invasion through the basement membrane:
*Cytology:
**Nucleus - typical central.
***+/-Mitoses.
**Cytoplasm - "dense-appearing", typically eosinophilic (may be intensely eosinophilic).
*+/-Squamous whorls.


Note:
Note:
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DDx:
DDx:
*Reactive changes.
*[[Squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]].
*[[Squamous dysplasia of the esophagus]].
*[[Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus]].
*[[metastasis|Metastatic]] carcinoma.


===Images===
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma -- intermed mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - intermed. mag.
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma -- high mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - high mag.
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma -- very high mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - very high mag.
</gallery>
<gallery>
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - a1 -- high mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - high mag.
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - a2 -- high mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - high mag.
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - a3 -- high mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - high mag.
Image: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - a1 -- very high mag.jpg | Esophageal SCC - very high mag.
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544238/figure/fig08/ Carcinoma in situ (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid23330004>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = A clinicopathologic study of esophageal 860 benign and malignant lesions in 910 cases of consecutive esophageal biopsies. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 6 | issue = 2 | pages = 191-8 | month =  | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23330004 }}</ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544238/figure/fig08/ Carcinoma in situ (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid23330004>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Terada | first1 = T. | title = A clinicopathologic study of esophageal 860 benign and malignant lesions in 910 cases of consecutive esophageal biopsies. | journal = Int J Clin Exp Pathol | volume = 6 | issue = 2 | pages = 191-8 | month =  | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23330004 }}</ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544238/figure/fig09/ Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (nih.gov)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544238/figure/fig09/ Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (nih.gov)].
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ESOPHGAUS, BIOPSY:
ESOPHAGUS, BIOPSY:
- INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, KERATINIZING, MODERATELY DIFFERENTIATED.
- INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, KERATINIZING, MODERATELY DIFFERENTIATED.


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