title: Pulmonary sequestration presenting as an esophageal submucosal tumor.
abstract: Pulmonary sequestration is a congenital anomaly of the lungs. We present the case of a patient whose initial symptom was mild dysphagia. Esophagoscopy showed the presence of a submucosal tumor in the lower-third section of the esophagus. The tumor was excised via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The histopathology results indicated extrapulmonary sequestration. To our knowledge, such a case of extralobar sequestration presenting as an esophageal submucosal tumor has not yet been reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Wei
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Jia-Huei
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Jang-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome