title: [Leiomyoma of the esophagus].
abstract: In this paper the Authors report a review of the clinical records from 1972 to 1985 of the Institut of IV Clinica Chirurgica of Rome of esophageal leiomyoma. We report on 7 cases: three males and four females. Their ages ranged from 37 to 78 years (mean 54 years). The most frequent symptoms were dysphagia (71.4%), loss weight (57.1%) and slight epigastralgia (42.8%). Barium meal, esophagoscopy, esophageal manometry, TAC are the most sensitive procedures for a correct preoperative diagnosis. The therapy of choice is surgical treatment. However surgery is conservative: extramucosal enucleation of the leiomyoma is the procedures of choice. The postoperative course was free of complications, the long-term results were excellent.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di IV Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lepore
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caminiti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capriotti
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Canuti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dell'Arte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paolini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: I leiomiomi dell'esofago.