title: Successful treatment of an esophageal hemangioma by endoscopic injection sclerotherapy: report of a case.
abstract: We report herein the case of a 46-year-old man in whom an esophageal hemangioma was successfully treated by endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS). The patient was admitted to hospital after a routine upper gastrointestinal series demonstrated a filling defect in the esophagus. Endoscopy, computed tomography (CT) images, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) subsequently revealed a hemangioma in the middle esophagus. EIS was performed using 99% ethanol and 1% polydocanol, and 4 weeks later, the tumor had almost disappeared. This patient has since been followed up carefully with periodic endoscopy and barium studies and additional sclerotherapy will be performed if necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kinki Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers, Itami, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ukei
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizunoya
mesh_terms: D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions