Carcinoma of esophagus after adjustable gastric banding

Patients who have undergone gastric banding may develop gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with ulceration. This should be treated with band adjustment, proton pump inhibitors, and routine follow-up endoscopies to confirm healing. Surgical revision or reversal should be considered if the process is resistent to band deflation and medical therapy. Persistent dysphagia must be investigated. A patient is presented whose pre-existing GERD was aggravated by adjustable gastric banding and who developed carcinoma of esophagus with liver metastases 8 years after the insertion of her first band.