Thoracoscopic enucleation of a large esophageal leiomyoma in the lower esophagus: challenges and solutions.

ABSTRACT: Esophageal leiomyomas are rare tumors which have been conventionally managed using open surgery. Only few reports describe the enucleation of large or circumferential leiomyoma successfully managed by thoracoscopy. We herein describe a case of a large circumferential esophageal leiomyoma successfully enucleated using thoracoscopy. An asymptomatic 28-year-old gentleman was diagnosed with a posterior mediastinal mass on a screening chest radiograph. On further investigations with computerized tomography scan and endoscopy, he was diagnosed to have a circumferential homogenous 7×5 cm submucosal lesion in the lower end of the esophagus. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed to rule out duplication cyst and positron emission scan to rule out malignancy in view of suspicious features on endos

SUBMITTER: Singla V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546002 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature