Table 1. Clinicopathologic features of neuroendocrine carcinoma of esophagus.

Case	Age	Sex	Location	Type	Length (cm)	Depth	Lymph node	Distant organs	cStage
1	75	F	L	1	3.5	1b	0	none	IA
2	71	M	M	0-Isep	1.2	1b	0	none	IA
3	72	F	M	0-IIa+IIc	1.8	1b	0	none	IA
4	73	M	M	2	6	2	1	none	IIB
5	78	M	U	0-Ipl	1.6	3	1	none	IIIA
6	76	M	L	2	4	3	1	none	IIIA
7	49	M	L	2	4	4a	2	none	IIIC
8	58	M	U	3	12.5	2	M1a	none	IV
9	59	F	L	2	3	2	M1b	none	IV
10	71	M	U	3	5	3	M1a	liver	IV
11	75	M	M	2	4.7	3	0	liver	IV
12	75	M	L	2	5	3	3	liver, bone	IV
13	64	M	L	3	13	3	3	liver	IV
14	79	M	M	2	6	3	M1†	liver	IV

location: U, upper; M, middle; L, lower

^a supraclavicular LN,

^b abdominal paraaortic LN