Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 6-2005. A 58-year-old man with esophageal cancer and nausea, vomiting, and intractable hiccups

N Engl J Med. 2005 Feb 24;352(8):817-25. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc049037.

Authors

Eric L Krakauer¹, Andrew X Zhu, Brenna C Bounds, Dushyant Sahani, Kevin R McDonald, Elena F Brachtel

Affiliation

¹ Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.

PMID: 15728815
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc049037

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications*
Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
Adenocarcinoma / psychology
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Antiemetics / therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use
Barrett Esophagus / pathology*
Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Duodenal Obstruction / diagnosis
Duodenal Obstruction / etiology
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Endosonography
Esophageal Neoplasms / complications*
Esophageal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Esophageal Neoplasms / drug therapy
Esophageal Neoplasms / psychology
Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
Esophagus / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Haloperidol / therapeutic use
Hiccup / drug therapy
Hiccup / etiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nausea / drug therapy
Nausea / etiology
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Octreotide / therapeutic use
Palliative Care
Stomach Neoplasms / complications
Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis
Vomiting / drug therapy
Vomiting / etiology*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antiemetics
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Dexamethasone
Haloperidol
Octreotide