title: Association between Oesophageal Diverticula and Leiomyomas: A Report of Two Cases.
abstract: We report two rare cases of female patients presenting with oesophageal leiomyoma associated with oesophageal diverticulum, both of whom were surgically managed. Oesophageal leiomyoma and oesophageal diverticulum are uncommon as separate entities and rare as combined disease presentation. Clinicians need to be aware of the rare combination of the two entities and need to be able to exclude the presence of a tumour (benign or malignant) within a diverticulum and so plan the optimum treatment. Herein, we present two cases of oesophageal leiomyoma within oesophageal diverticulum and we try to elucidate the association between the two. To date, there is no consensus whether a diverticulum is secondary to a leiomyoma or, on the contrary, a leiomyoma arises within a diverticulum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chowdhry
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5514-0479
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spyratou
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Sritharan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadirkamanathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos