title: Concurrent benign schwannoma of oesophagus and posterior mediastinum.
abstract: A 52-year-old female with recent onset dysphagia and haematemesis was found to have an intramural tumour of the oesophagus. A separate tumour in the posterior mediastinum was also detected. Both the tumours were immunohistochemically and histomorphologically compatible with benign schwannoma. Oesophageal schwannoma is extremely rare and its association with a concurrent schwannoma in posterior mediastinum is not reported earlier in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: Nadeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanveer
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005260:Female; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome