Lobulated esophageal schwannoma resected with concurrent approach from the thorax and cervix

BACKGROUND: Esophageal schwannomas are rare esophageal submucosal tumors. We herein report a case of a lobulated esophageal schwannoma resected with concurrent approach from the thorax and cervix. CASE PRESENTATION: A 74-year-old woman visited our hospital with complaint of loss of consciousness, an...

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Autores principales: Iwata, Yoshinori, Tanaka, Chihiro, Komori, Shuji, Nagao, Narutoshi, Kawai, Masahiko, Yoshida, Kazuhiro, Kunieda, Katsuyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5812219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29439724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-018-1334-5
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Esophageal schwannomas are rare esophageal submucosal tumors. We herein report a case of a lobulated esophageal schwannoma resected with concurrent approach from the thorax and cervix. CASE PRESENTATION: A 74-year-old woman visited our hospital with complaint of loss of consciousness, and a lobulated mediastinal tumor was discovered by chance in computed tomography. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a smooth elevated lesion at a position of 23–28 cm from the incisor teeth. A hypermetabolic appearance was noted on positron emission tomography. Based on these data, a gastrointestinal stromal tumor was suspected. The tumor was enucleated at the thoracic cavity while being pushed from the cervical incision. Pathological examination showed an esophageal schwannoma. CONCLUSIONS: We experienced a case of lobulated esophageal schwannoma with fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation. We resected the tumor with concurrent approach from the thorax and cervix.

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