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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]

Overview

CT scan may be diagnostic of esophageal cancer. Findings on CT scan suggestive of esophageal cancer include eccentric or circumferential wall thickening, or peri-esophageal soft tissue and fat stranding.

CT

• Eccentric or circumferential wall thickening >5 mm
• Peri-esophageal soft tissue and fat stranding
• Dilated fluid and debris filled esophageal lumen is proximal to an obstructing lesion
• Tracheobronchial invasion appears as displacement of the airway (usually the trachea or left mainstem bronchus) as a result of mass effect by the oesophageal tumour
• Aortic invasion

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