Esophageal schwannoma: report of a case.
We report a case of esophageal schwannoma in a 46-year-old woman who presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea and dysphagia. Chest computed tomography showed a large mediastinal mass, which was extrinsically compressing the trachea, widely adjacent to the upper thoracic esophagus. We performed an axillary right thoracotomy to enucleate the tumor, which was located in the esophageal muscle layer. A definite diagnosis of esophageal schwannoma was made from the pathologic findings, which included positive immunohistochemical staining for S-100 protein and negative staining for c-kit and CD34.
Tokunaga
Toshiteru
T
Department of Surgery (E1), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, and Department of General Surgery, Habikino Prefectural Hospital, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Takeda
Shin-ichi
S
Sumimura
Jun-ichi
J
Maeda
Hajime
H
D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000032:analysis; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000032:analysis; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis
D018952:Antigens, CD34; D009418:S100 Proteins; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit