THE SIGN OF LESER-TRELAT ASSOCIATED WITH ESOPHAGEAL-CARCINOMA

A 79-yr-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of dysp hagia and multiple verrucous papules that had developed over the previ ous year, The diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma was based on upper gas trointestinal radiography and endoscopic examination with biopsy, The clinical syndrome was consistent with the sign of Leser-Trelat associa ted with esophageal carcinoma, Although radiation therapy and chemothe rapy were undertaken, the patient died 8 months later because of the s ign of Leser-Trelat in association with squamous cell esophageal carci noma.