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A member asked:
Doc found 8mm nodule in distal esophagus. referred. me to another doc for ultrasound waited months now going next week, cancer? i have hiatal hernia.
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Usually not: Distal esophageal Ca is a lesion of mucosa most often induced by H.pylori. It pesents with ulceration and then invasion of wall of esophagus with gradual obstruction. US good to look at extent of Ca invasion into muscular wall of esophagus. Many causes of nodule in wall? for which bx indicated.
Answered 10/24/2015
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