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Progressive esophageal leiomyomatosis with respiratory compromise
A R Guest1, P J Strouse, C C Hiew
1Department of Radiology, CS Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor 48109-0252, USA.
Pediatric Radiology
|May 2, 2000
Abstract:
Leiomyomatosis is a rare neoplastic condition of the pediatric esophagus. Presenting symptoms usually overlap with more common esophageal disorders, namely, gastroesophageal reflux. A patient is presented in whom leiomyomatosis progressed to the point of causing cachexia and respiratory compromise.