Imaging of esophageal cancers
Methods of examination Barium swallow (Fleuroscopy) Cross sectional Imaging ( CT & MRI) Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
Pathology Squamous cell carcinoma Adenocarcinoma Spindle cell carcinoma Lymphoma Leiomosarcoma Melanoma
Radiographic patterns of Esophageal Cancers in Barium Swallow Annular type Polyploid type Varicoid type Ulcerative type
Anular type
Polypoid type
Varicoid type
Ulcerative Type
CT Scan For staging of Esophageal cancers Invasion of trachea Invasion of Lt main bronchus Invasion of aorta Mediastinal Lymph nodes Distant Metastasis
Endoscopic Ultrsound
Stage T2 Stage T2 N1
Stage T4