Enucleation of a secondary esophageal mural tumor.
Metastatic tumors to the esophagus have been described as having the imaging characteristics of benign mural tumors such as leiomyomata, but application of enucleation in treating such tumors has not been described. Our report describes long esophageal myotomy and enucleation of tumor for palliation of dysphagia due to a mural tumor originating from a lung primary.
Bakshandeh
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Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003.
Beattie
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Harvey
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care