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What Causes Food Pipe To Block After Jaw Cancer Surgeries?
age 50 year wt 56kg heamoglobin 10.4 wbc 17800 operated thrice for jaw cancer lastly operaqted 2011 food pipe got blocked 2 days back today water can pass what is your opinion weather cancer got spread to food pipe.swelling at left jaw since last 3 months ulcers are there at swelling part pus also coming out .
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
Hi and welcome to HCM thanks for the query. yes, unfortunately tis can be sign of cancer swelling but also some benign diseases could cause this such as esophagus inflammation,stricgure or oedema so you need to seegastroenterolgosit for further plansWish you good health. Regards
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