Question

A 65-year-year-old man presents with progressive dysphagia first to solids, then liquids, over six months. He lost 10 kg. Endoscopy shows a stricturing lesion in the distal oesophagus suspicious for malignancy. What is the definitive diagnostic test to confirm oesophageal cancer?

Accepted Answer

Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) with biopsy

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Barium swallow

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CT scan of the chest and abdomen

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Endoscopic ultrasound

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PET-CT scan

Practice question

A 65-year-year-old man presents with progressive dysphagia first to solids, then liquids, over six months. He lost 10 kg. Endoscopy shows a stricturing lesion in the distal oesophagus suspicious for malignancy. What is the definitive diagnostic test to confirm oesophageal cancer?