title: An early presenting esophageal schwannoma.
abstract: Esophageal schwannoma is a rare diagnosis and historically has been a tumor of middle-aged females. We report a case of a 22-year-old male presenting initially with dyspnea secondary to tracheal compression from an 8 × 6 × 3.0 cm esophageal schwannoma. The tumor was surgically resected, and diagnosis was confirmed with immunohistochemical and pathological studies. We report the youngest case of esophageal schwannoma in an otherwise healthy individual.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Shelly S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cimino-Mathews
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yang