title: Diffuse esophageal leiomyomatosis in a patient with Alport syndrome: CT demonstration.
abstract: In a patient with progressive dysphagia, postprandial vomiting, and a history of Alport syndrome, barium and manometric studies had been interpreted as consistent with achalasia, but a subsequent computed tomographic (CT) scan of the thorax was suggestive of a lower esophageal intramural mass. Multiple leiomyomas of the esophagus were later proved at thoracotomy. Differences between adult and pediatric leiomyomas and the association of leiomyomas with Alport syndrome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Rabushka
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kuhlman
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hruban
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed