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Barrett’s esophagus and squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with psychogenic vomiting

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We report the association of Barrett’s esophagus and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the distal esophagus in a young 31-yr-old woman with a history of self-induced psychogenic vomiting. The development of intestinalized columnar mucosa and esophageal cancer in this young patient illustrates the complicated associations between human behavior and pathogenetic mechanisms involved in esophageal carcinogenesis.

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  1. From the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, USA

    Sophie Dessureault & Domenico Coppola

  2. Department of Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, USA

    Sophie Dessureault & Richard C. Karl

  3. Department of Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, USA

    Domenico Coppola

  4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of South Florida, 33612, Tampa, FL

    Michael Weitzner & Pauline Powers

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Dessureault, S., Coppola, D., Weitzner, M. et al. Barrett’s esophagus and squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with psychogenic vomiting. Int J Gastrointest Canc 32, 57–61 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:32:1:57

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