Successful endoscopic resection of adenocarcinoma arising in an esophageal inlet patch.

An esophageal inlet patch is an area of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the upper esophagus. Most are asymptomatic and found incidentally. There are only 43 case reports of adenocarcinoma arising in an inlet patch, and the majority of these underwent surgical resection. We present the case of a 77-year-old man with intramucosal adenocarcinoma of the cervical esophagus, found within an esophageal inlet patch, staged T1a N0 Mx by endosonographic criteria. He was successfully treated with endoscopic therapy alone. One year following the endoscopic resection, there are no signs of residual or recurrent disease. This case highlights that adenocarcinoma can be a rare complication of an esophageal inlet patch, and that if found early, endoscopic resection appears safe and efficacious.