Superficial Esophageal Neoplasms Overlying Leiomyomas Removed by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: Case Reports and Review of the Literature.
- Author:
Myeongsook SEO
1
;
Do Hoon KIM
;
Young Whan CHO
;
Eun Jeong GONG
;
Sunpyo LEE
;
Eunji CHOI
;
Hwoon Yong JUNG
;
Jin Ho KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Esophageal neoplasms; Leiomyoma; Endoscopic submucosal dissection
- MeSH: Epithelium; Esophageal Neoplasms*; Esophagus; Leiomyoma*
- From:Clinical Endoscopy 2015;48(4):322-327
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The coexistence of an epithelial lesion and a subepithelial lesion is uncommon. In almost all such cases, the coexistence of these lesions appears to be incidental. It is also extremely rare to encounter a neoplasm in the surface epithelium that overlies a benign mesenchymal tumor in the esophagus. Several cases of a coexisting esophageal neoplasm overlying a leiomyoma that is treated endoscopically or surgically have been reported previously. Here, three cases of a superficial esophageal neoplasm that developed over an esophageal leiomyoma and was then successfully removed by endoscopic submucosal dissection are described.
