title: Thoracoscopic enucleation of a leiomyoma of the upper thoracic esophagus.
abstract: The authors present two cases of leiomyoma of the upper esophagus. Both of the cases presented with dysphagia, and one patient complained of pyrosis. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed midesophageal narrowing without mucosal irregularity, suggestive of leiomyoma. The patients were successfully treated by thoracoscopic enucleation of the leiomyoma, using four thoracic trocars. In one patient (Case 1), the azygus vein had to be divided. Both of the patients are asymptomatic in the late-postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hospital Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Coral
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Madke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Westphalen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tressino
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mastalir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome