Esophageal Leiomyoma in Patients with Megaloblastic Anemia

Esophageal leiomyoma is the most common benign intramural tumor of esophagus. Although its incidence is not exactly known, it is very rare (0.006%-0.1% in autopsy series). It is generally asymptomatic and detected incidentally. Here, we present a rare case report describing coexistence of megaloblas...

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Autores principales: Coskun, Adil, Unubol, Mustafa, Yukselen, Ozden, Yukselen, Vahit, Aydin, Ahmet, Şen, Serdar, Onder Karaoglu, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5913904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29699356
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1110
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Sumario:Esophageal leiomyoma is the most common benign intramural tumor of esophagus. Although its incidence is not exactly known, it is very rare (0.006%-0.1% in autopsy series). It is generally asymptomatic and detected incidentally. Here, we present a rare case report describing coexistence of megaloblastic anemia and esophageal leiomyoma. How to cite this article: Coskun A, Unubol M, Yukselen O, Yukselen V, Aydin A, Şen S, Karaoglu AO. Esophageal Leiomyoma in Patients with Megaloblastic Anemia. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2014;4(2):98-100.

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