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Minimal access thoracic surgery for esophageal hemangioma
1Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan. expert96@ms11.hinet.net
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 28, 2001
Abstract:
Esophageal hemangioma is a rare tumor. This report describes the case of a 69-year-old woman with an esophageal tumor at the middle portion of the esophagus. The patient was successfully treated with minimal access thoracic surgery, and at the 6 month follow-up, the patient was free of any symptoms or recurrence.