A case report of giant esophageal neurofibroma

Esophageal neurofibroma is a rare type of benign esophageal tumor. We presented a case of a 63-year-old man with a 12-cm diameter upper-thoracic esophageal submucosal tumor. Surgery of a thoracotomy was performed to remove the lesion. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was disch...

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Published inJournal of thoracic disease Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. E757 - E761
Main Authors Yang, Men, Chen, Dongni, Gao, Xiaoyan, Wen, Zhesheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China AME Publishing Company 01.09.2017
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Case Report
neurofibroma
thoracotomy
Esophagus
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Summary:Esophageal neurofibroma is a rare type of benign esophageal tumor. We presented a case of a 63-year-old man with a 12-cm diameter upper-thoracic esophageal submucosal tumor. Surgery of a thoracotomy was performed to remove the lesion. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the postoperative day 10. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed the diagnosis of esophageal neurofibroma.
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ISSN:2072-1439
2077-6624
DOI:10.21037/jtd.2017.08.10