title: Surgical treatment of esophageal leiomyoma larger than 5 cm in diameter: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Although leiomyoma is the most common benign esophageal neoplasm, it is a rare condition. Resection of the tumor is recommended in symptomatic patients, and observation is recommended in asymptomatic patients with small lesions. We discussed here a patient admitted to our hospital for dyspepsia in whom a calcified mediastinal neoplasm was diagnosised preoperatively and esophageal leiomyoma was diagnosised postoperatively. Enucleation of a leiomyoma of the esophagus is recommended and the optimal approaches should be tailored based on the location and size of the tumor.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors: Xuefei
authors: X
authors: Sun
authors: Jiabang
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Guotao
authors: G
authors: Yang