When a CT scan misses cancer
A female patient came to see me with some difficulty swallowing, a very routine issue for a gastroenterologist. I performed an scope examination of her esophagus and confronted a huge cancer occupying the lower portion of her esophagus.
I expected a benign explanation for her swallowing issue. She was relatively young and not particularly ill. She had seen my partner years in the past for a similar complaint, which he …