title: Giant benign esophageal schwannoma requiring esophagectomy.
abstract: Benign esophageal schwannomas are rare tumors with only 14 cases reported in the English literature. All previous reports describe excision without major esophageal resection. We report the case of a 33-year-old woman with a giant esophageal schwannoma that required total thoracic esophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Bernard J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrasquillo
authors.forename: Manjit S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bains
authors.forename: Raja M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007582:Jejunostomy; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011708:Pylorus / Q000601:surgery; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013908:Thoracotomy