TY  - JOUR
AU  - Shang, Qi-Xin
AU  - Yang, Yu-Shang
AU  - Wang, Wen-Ping
AU  - Hu, Wei-Peng
AU  - Chen, Long-Qi
PY  - 2017
TI  - Missed diagnosis of esophageal leiomyoma leading to esophagectomy: a case report and review of literatures
JF  - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, No 1 (January 31, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease
Y2  - 2017
KW  - 
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/17841