Acute esophageal obstruction: a unique presentation of a giant intramural esophageal leiomyoma.
We report the case of a 33-yr-old man who presented with an acute incomplete esophageal obstruction, mimicking food impaction, who was found to have a giant intramural esophageal leiomyoma. The leiomyoma was successfully removed through a longitudinal esophagotomy. This is the first report of a nonpedunculated intramural esophageal leiomyoma presenting as an acute esophageal obstruction.
Rubin
R A
RA
Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Lichtenstein
G R
GR
Morris
J B
JB
D000328:Adult; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male