title: Incidental computed tomography diagnosis of a giant oesophageal leiomyosarcoma.
abstract: Leiomyosarcoma of the oesophagus is a very unusual tumour; only 53 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. A case is reported here of a patient with a giant leiomyosarcoma, without any symptoms of dysphagia. The diagnosis was made incidentally during CT examination of the chest for detection of possible pulmonary metastases from a coexisting carcinoma of the bladder. This was confirmed by a barium swallow, oesophagoscopy and tissue diagnosis. The literature pertaining to this most uncommon tumour is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wanganui Base Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Van Gelderen
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed