Rapidly growing esophageal leiomyosarcoma: case report and review of the literature.
We evaluated a 72-year-old woman who was experiencing dysphagia. Esophageal leiomyosarcoma was diagnosed by barium meal study, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), by computed tomography (CT). A barium meal study and esophagoscopy performed 3 months before the diagnosis of esophageal leiomyosarcoma showed no abnormalities. Therefore, the tumor appeared to have grown rapidly during the 3-month period.
Koga
H
H
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Iida
M
M
Suekane
H
H
Aoyagi
K
K
Yao
T
T
Kimura
Y
Y
Masuda
N
N
Fujishima
M
M
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