Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Thermal Injury.

Grubic, Andrew D; Ayazi, Shahin; Zaidi, Ali H; Schwameis, Katrin; Jobe, Blair A · Ann Thorac Surg · 2021

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Radiofrequency ablation is a common treatment for atrial fibrillation, and esophageal complications are exceedingly rare. This report describes the case of a patient with no other known cancer risk factors who had esophageal squamous cell carcinoma that developed at the site of esophageal thermal injury, which occurred during a radiofrequency catheter ablation procedure.

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