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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61(06): 510-512
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1333205
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Pulmonary Sequestration Presenting as an Esophageal Submucosal Tumor

Ming-Wei Kao
1   Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
,
Jia-Huei Tsai
2   Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
,
Jang-Ming Lee
1   Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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30 October 2012

20 November 2012

Publication Date:
09 January 2013 (online)

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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.

Keywords

lung - benign or congenital lesions - pathology
 

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