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Correct Answer: Carcinoma esophagus
Description: Clinical features of Carcinoma esophagus Early stage cancers: Asymptomatic or mimic symptoms of GERD MC symptom : Dysphagia >Weight loss Most patients with esophageal cancer present with dysphagia and weight loss, symptoms that usually indicate advanced disease Choking, coughing and aspiration from a tracheoesophageal fistula (In advanced cases) Hoarseness and vocal cord paralysis from direct invasion into the recurrent laryngeal nerve (In advanced cases) MC site of metastasis : Liver>lung>bone Paraneoplastic manifestation associated with adenocarcinoma : Motor neuropathy Ref: Sabiston 20th edition Pgno : 1038
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