title: Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the esophagus.
abstract: A 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for dysphagia and fever. Esophagogram and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a polypoid mass in the midesophagus. Subtotal esophagectomy, cervical esophagogastrostomy, and lymph node dissection were performed. The histological diagnosis of the tumor was malignant fibrous histiocytoma. An area of severe epithelial dysplasia was found in the esophageal mucosa 3 cm under the tumor.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital St. Rafaël, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geboes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Vos
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lomami-Luakabanga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Aken
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Desmet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vantrappen
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged