Leiomiossarcoma do esôfago

Abstract

including literature review, addressing treatment and prognosis. A 45 year-old female patient complaining of dysphagia, with pre-operative exams sugestive of esophageal leiomyoma. She was submitted to an esophagusgastrectomy with digestive reconstitution using a gastric tube brought through the posterior mediastinum. The histopathological examination and immunohistochemical tests confirmed that the tumor was an esophageal leiomyosarcoma. She is at the 7 th year of follow up with no recurrence nor digestive complains (Rev.