Huge lymphangiomatosis of the esophagus.
Lymphangioma of the esophagus is an extremely rare submucosal benign tumor. Most esophageal lymphangiomas reported in the literature are smaller than 2 cm in diameter and can be removed using endoscopy. We report a case of lymphangioma of the esophagus with 2 huge lesions (10×2.5×1 cm and 6×5×4 cm) that were completely resected by open thoracotomy and enucleation. The patient recovered without any complications.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Liang
L
Xue
Wei Gang
WG
Guo
Jun
J
Hou
Di
D
Ge
Xiao Jing
XJ
Chen
D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography