Huge Liposarcoma of Esophagus Resected by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: Case Report with Video.

Author: Inku YO ¹ ; Jun Won CHUNG ; Myung Ho JEONG ; Jong Joon LEE ; Jungsuk AN ; Kwang An KWON ; Min Young RIM ; Ki Baik HAHM
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1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea. junwonchung@hanmail.net
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Esophageal neoplasms; Liposarcoma; Endoscopy
MeSH: Adult; Endoscopy; Esophageal Neoplasms; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal Tract; Humans; Liposarcoma; Sarcoma
From:Clinical Endoscopy 2013;46(3):297-300
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas occurring in adults, but it rarely occurs in the gastrointestinal tract and more uncommonly in the esophagus. To the best of our knowledge, there are only 19 reported cases of esophageal liposarcoma in the literature published in English language up to the year 2008, and they were all treated by surgical methods. Here, we report a case of primary liposarcoma of the esophagus which was treated with endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). ESD was well tolerated in this patient, suggesting that it may be a therapeutic option for primary esophageal sarcomas.