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Published on: July 20, 2014
Lobulated esophageal schwannoma resected with concurrent approach from the thorax and cervix
Yoshinori Iwata1, Chihiro Tanaka2, Shuji Komori2
1Department of Surgery, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, 4-6-1 Noisshiki, Gifu, Japan. yoshinori_vb2@yahoo.co.jp.
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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