title: Rapidly growing esophageal leiomyosarcoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suekane
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujishima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors