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Successful removal of a giant esophageal lipoma by thoracoscopic enucleation: a case report
Wataru Goto1, Katsunobu Sakurai2, Naoshi Kubo2
1Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan. saraikazemaru@gmail.com.
Background:
We report a rare case of giant esophageal lipoma treated with thoracoscopic enucleation successfully.
Case Presentation:
A 69-year-old woman was referred to our department with dysphagia. Computed tomography examination revealed a large hypoattenuating submucosal mass with dense fat in the middle and lower esophagus. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a submucosal mass with normal mucosa on the middle and lower esophageal wall. On a diagnosis of esophageal lipoma, we performed a video-assisted thoracoscopic operation and the 14.0 × 6.5 × 3.0 cm in size submucosal tumor was completely enucleated. We could successfully avoid a subtotal esophagectomy with high invasiveness. The patient was discharged on the 36th day after operation, and no symptoms had been noted.
Conclusions:
Video-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation with minimal invasiveness may be an appropriate treatment option even for such a huge benign esophageal submucosal tumor.
