title: Benign esophageal schwannoma compressing the trachea in pregnancy.
abstract: A rare case of esophageal schwannoma compressing the trachea in pregnancy is presented. A 29-year-old pregnant woman was hospitalized due to severe dyspnea. Imaging studies revealed a homogeneous tumor (8 cm in diameter) in the posterior mediastinum with compression of the lower trachea. After an uneventful cesarean section, the patient underwent a mini-axillary thoracotomy with video-assisted thoracic surgery. The tumor arose from within the muscular layers of the esophagus and was enucleated by gentle blunt dissection. Pathologic and immunohistochemical examinations revealed a benign esophageal schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bell Land General Hospital, Osaka, Japan. m1293795@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: Kiyotoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011859:Radiography; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome