Benign intramural schwannoma of the esophagus – case report

Schwannomas of the esophagus are rare peripheral nerve tumors. A 37-year-old woman with dysphagia was found to have an intramural tumor of the upper esophagus. The lesion was revealed on computed tomography. Endoscopic ultrasound biopsy was nondiagnostic. Through right thoracotomy, the mass was enuc...

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Autores principales: Kozak, Katarzyna, Kowalczyk, Mateusz, Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota, Kozak, Józef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26336484
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2015.50574
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Sumario:Schwannomas of the esophagus are rare peripheral nerve tumors. A 37-year-old woman with dysphagia was found to have an intramural tumor of the upper esophagus. The lesion was revealed on computed tomography. Endoscopic ultrasound biopsy was nondiagnostic. Through right thoracotomy, the mass was enucleated from the wall of the esophagus. Benign schwannoma was diagnosed only after immunological staining examination.

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