title: Acute esophageal obstruction: a unique presentation of a giant intramural esophageal leiomyoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Lichtenstein
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: 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