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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924095
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Esophageal Schwannoma with Tracheal Compression
Publication History
Received February 8, 2006
Publication Date:
06 December 2006 (online)
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Abstract
An esophageal schwannoma was found in a 73-year-old woman with cough, exertional dyspnea, and progressive dysphagia. Chest imaging showed an upper mediastinal mass (apex, right thoracic cavity) with direct lower tracheal compression. Esophagography and esophagoscopy revealed a tumor in the cervical and upper thoracic esophagus; it was resected from the upper thoracic esophagus followed by cervical esophageal repair. Histology showed oval-to-fusiform cells with palisading and lymphocytic stromal infiltration (immunohistochemistry, S-100 protein-positive). The patient was well one year afterward.
Key words
Thoracic surgery - esophagus - schwannoma
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