Esophageal schwannoma: Case report and epidemiological, clinical, surgical and immunopathological analysis.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Schwannoma is a tumor of the peripheral nervous system originated in the Schwann cells of the neural sheath. PRESENTATION OF CASE:A 43-years-old male complained of odynophagia, dysphagia and hemoptysis. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a smooth elevated lesion, 20 cm from the incisor teeth, occupying the entire lumen of the esophagus. The chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed a lesion of 7 cm and superior mediastinal, lower paraesophageal and cardiac enlarged lymph nodes. A posterolateral thoracotomy was performed with total esophagectomy without intraoperative complications. The anatomopathological analysis revealed fusocellular mesenchymal neoplasia of low malignancy potential. The immunohistochemical study showed positivity for S-100 protein and KI67 antibod

SUBMITTER: Souza LCA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6357786 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature