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CT scan showing the post cricoid carcinoma extending down to upper oesophagus.
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Computed tomographic scans demonstrated a post-cricoid lesion extending into the cervical oesophagus (Fig. 1).
Scanning magnification.
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Individual cells showed short spindle and elongated hyper-chromatic nuclei with mild-to-moderate amount of pale to eosinophilic cytoplasm (Fig. 2).
x5 and x10 magnification shows a cellular tumour with short to elongated cells with scant intervening stroma.
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In addition, a minor population of tumour cells stained for desmin (Fig. 3).