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Lobulated esophageal schwannoma resected with concurrent approach from the thorax and cervix
- Source :
- World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2018), World Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2018.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Thorax
medicine.medical_specialty
Positron emission tomography
Esophageal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
medicine.medical_treatment
Esophageal schwannoma
lcsh:Surgery
Mediastinal tumor
Case Report
Cervix Uteri
Schwannoma
Mediastinal Neoplasms
lcsh:RC254-282
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Medicine
Humans
Thoracotomy
Esophageal submucosal tumor
Stromal tumor
Cervix
Aged
business.industry
Thoracic cavity
lcsh:RD1-811
medicine.disease
Prognosis
lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Mediastinal Neoplasm
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Positron-Emission Tomography
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Surgery
Female
Radiology
business
Neurilemmoma
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14777819
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Journal of Surgical Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5fe42149099dcd93a0efe3f849637e53