title: Spontaneous mucocele of the upper esophagus: radiologic demonstration.
abstract: We present a patient with dysphagia resulting from a pedunculated, spontaneous mucocele of the upper esophagus. We briefly discuss the radiologic, endoscopic, and pathologic findings of this unusual lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0709.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kalangi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balachandran
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010784:Photomicrography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed