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Polypoid metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of the esophagus occurring after endoscopic variceal band ligation.

This report describes a rare case of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presenting as a polypoid mass in the lower esophagus after endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVL). A 56-year-old man underwent EVL for variceal bleeding in September 1993. He presented with dysphagia and tarry stool in December 1993. An endoscopic examination revealed a semipedunculated polypoid mass at the lower part of the esophagus, where EVL had been performed 3 months previously. The histologic examination at autopsy revealed that the polypoid mass consisted of metastatic HCC that had spread via the retrograde portal flow.