Giant esophageal lipoma.
A case of a giant esophageal pedunculated lipoma diagnosed in a 67-year-old male patient with recent onset of dysphagia is reported. Following the initial endoscopic and radiologic evaluation, the diagnosis was suspected by endo-ultrasonography and confirmed by histopathology. The treatment consisted of an esophagotomy with submucosal resection, through a left sided cervical incision. The review of the literature confirmed the rarity of this neoplasm, and the difficulty of a correct preoperative diagnosis, since a possible progression to squamous carcinoma has been demonstrated.
Unit of General Surgery 2nd and Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, Viale Cappuccini 1, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy.
Antonello
A
Cuttitta
Vito
V
Annese
Antonio
A
Tancredi
Celeste
C
Clemente
Roberto
R
Scaramuzzi
D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male
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