FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA

Objective: The aim of this research work is to assess the rate & pattern of the EC (Esophageal Carcinoma) in accordance with the groups of age & sex. Methodology: The review of all biopsies of the esophagus which received in the pathology department of Masoomeen Hospital Trust Karachi for a period of 5 years from April 2014 to March 2019, carried out and we studied the patients suffering from cancers of esophagus in detail. Results: We reviewed two hundred and fifteen patients in this research work. There were fifty-seven patients of benign abrasions & one hundred and fifty-eight cases were malignant. Out of total one hundred and fifty-eight patients of malignant abrasions, the most frequent carcinoma was the carcinoma of the squamous cell present in 95.0% (n: 150) patients followed by 3.0% (n: 5) patients of adeno-carcinoma & 2.0% (n: 3) patients of not differentiated carcinoma. There was dominancy of the females in this complication with 57.0% in comparison with the 43.0% male patients. Majority of the patients were living in their 5th life decade followed by 4th & 6th decade of life. Conclusion: The carcinoma of the squamous cell is most common EC followed by the Adeno-carcinoma. Keywords: Carcinoma, Comparison, Frequency, Pathology, Malignant, Benign