Benign intramural schwannoma of the esophagus - case report.
Schwannomas of the esophagus are rare peripheral nerve tumors. A 37-year-old woman with dysphagia was found to have an intramural tumor of the upper esophagus. The lesion was revealed on computed tomography. Endoscopic ultrasound biopsy was nondiagnostic. Through right thoracotomy, the mass was enucleated from the wall of the esophagus. Benign schwannoma was diagnosed only after immunological staining examination.
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Respiratory Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Katarzyna
K
Kozak
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Respiratory Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Mateusz
M
Kowalczyk
Department of Pathology, Copernicus Memorial Hospital in Lodz, Poland.
Dorota
D
Jesionek-Kupnicka
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Respiratory Rehabilitation, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
Józef
J
Kozak
diagnosis; intramural oesophagal tumours; schwannoma; treatment