Staging of any malignancy is important because it determines the extent of treatment and allows the physician to determine the patient’s prognosis. In this case our patient underwent a CT scan of the chest and abdomen, which revealed no significant lymph nodes around the lower third esophageal tumor.
The abdominal scan revealed no evidence of spread to the nodes around the celiac trunk and no evidence of spread to the liver.
Bleeding was the cause of the anemia.