title: Case report: lymphangioma of the oesophagus endoscopically resected.
abstract: Lymphangioma of the oesophagus is an extremely rare entity, with only nine cases having been reported worldwide. We report on a 52-year-old woman with oesophageal lymphangioma, diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasonography and endoscopically resected. No case of malignant transformation of the lymphangioma has been reported in the literature. Endoscopic resection seems to be a minimally invasive method that is appropriate both for the removal of the tumour and precise diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujitsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitajima
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D019160:Endosonography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged