@article{JTD17841,
author = {Qi-Xin Shang and Yu-Shang Yang and Wen-Ping Wang and Wei-Peng Hu and Long-Qi Chen},
title = {Missed diagnosis of esophageal leiomyoma leading to esophagectomy: a case report and review of literatures},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {1},
year = {2017},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Leiomyomas are the most common benign esophageal neoplasm. About half of them were smaller than 5 cm and asymptomatic with a stable size for many years. Esophageal leiomyomas that excess than 5 cm in size may develop as a consequence of giant one at rapid growth rate. This case report specifically describes a mid-aged woman who experienced a missed diagnosis of an esophageal leiomyoma over three years, which was covered by mediastinal thymolipoma and it subsequently developed as a giant tumor occupying the entire esophagus that makes the simple enucleation impossible. A surgical intervention of esophagectomy had to be performed to manage this entity.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/17841}
}