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Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 35(8): 621-625
Published online August 5, 2002
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Hyung Ryul Lee*, Heung Su Kim*, Jun Ho Park* Jeong Su Cho*, Dae Hwan Kang**, Chang Hun Lee***
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Though leiomyoma is the most common tumor of esophagus, it accounts for only 1% of all esophageal tumors. Most of the leiomyomas are intramural type originating from the muscularis propria and only 1% of them is intraluminal pedunculated type originating from muscularis mucosae. Recently, a 30-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of dysphagia. Radiologic examination showed that intraluminal tumor 5cm in diameter was found at the cervical esophagus. Endoscopic examination showed that the tumor was covered with normal mucosa. The patient underwent surgical excision through the left cervical approach. After full, longitudinal esophagotomy, the intraluminal pedunculated tumor was successfully enucleated. Esophageal leiomyoma was confirmed histopathologically. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was relieved from dysphagia.
Keywords: 1. Esophageal neoplasm 2. Leiomyoma
Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 35(8): 621-625
Published online August 5, 2002
Copyright © Journal of Chest Surgery.
Hyung Ryul Lee*, Heung Su Kim*, Jun Ho Park* Jeong Su Cho*, Dae Hwan Kang**, Chang Hun Lee***
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Though leiomyoma is the most common tumor of esophagus, it accounts for only 1% of all esophageal tumors. Most of the leiomyomas are intramural type originating from the muscularis propria and only 1% of them is intraluminal pedunculated type originating from muscularis mucosae. Recently, a 30-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of dysphagia. Radiologic examination showed that intraluminal tumor 5cm in diameter was found at the cervical esophagus. Endoscopic examination showed that the tumor was covered with normal mucosa. The patient underwent surgical excision through the left cervical approach. After full, longitudinal esophagotomy, the intraluminal pedunculated tumor was successfully enucleated. Esophageal leiomyoma was confirmed histopathologically. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was relieved from dysphagia.
Keywords: 1. Esophageal neoplasm 2. Leiomyoma