RESUMO
Esophageal cancer is the third most common gastrointestinal malignancy and is among the ten most prevalent cancersworldwide. Common malignant neoplasms of esophagus include squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Squamouscell carcinoma is more common than adenocarcinoma, but the incidence of adenocarcinoma is on the rising trend nowadaysand found to be predominant in newly diagnosed patients and in cases with Barrett’s esophagus. Dysphagia and weight loss arethe principal complaints in the patient with carcinoma esophagus. Intussusception causing acute obstruction of small bowel andcolon is known. Few cases of gastroesophageal intussusception due to eating disorders, congenital obstructions like superiormesenteric artery syndrome, physical exertions like weight lifting, peptic ulcer disease, and pregnancy due to hyperemesisgravidarum are known. Our case, a 52-years-old gentleman presented to gastroenterology OPD with complaints of dysphagia tosolids and emaciation. For these complaints, upper GIscopy was advised. Gastroenterologists were unable to pass endoscopeso patient was referred for computed tomography of thorax and abdomen, which revealed circumferential irregular thickeningretro cardiac segment esophagus and lumen within lumen appearance of esophagus with metastasis to lymph nodes and liver.In adults, intussusceptions of bowel usually have a lead point, for example, mesenteric lipoma or a neoplastic process; in ourcase, it was carcinoma of esophagus