Benign intramural schwannoma of the esophagus –

Kozak, Katarzyna; Kowalczyk, Mateusz; Jesionek-Kupnicka, Dorota; Kozak, Józef

doi:10.5114/kitp.2015.50574

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“…Major complaints are progressive dysphagia, hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain [2, 6, 10, 11]. In our experience patients were mainly complaining of dysphagia.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Gastroscopy often shows elevation of unchanged esophageal mucosa to esophagus lumen [3, 7]. Computed tomography allows one not only to precisely localize the tumor but also to determine its structure and size [2, 3, 10]. Magnetic resonance imaging allows one to differentiate paraesophageal from paravertebral localization of the tumor [7].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Malignant lesions are treated with esophageal resection. Benign lesions can be removed by performing enucleation in VATS or thoracotomy [1, 3, 4, 10, 13]. Inability to enucleate or major damage to the esophageal mucosa is an indication for resection of the esophagus.…”

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Intramural esophageal tumors

Łochowski

Kozak

Rębowski

et al. 2016

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IntroductionIntramural esophageal tumors (IET) are located between unchanged mucous membrane and muscularis mucosae. They can be both benign and malignant.AimTo evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of IET.Material and methodsDuring the years 2010–2015, 11 patients with IET were treated in our clinic. Diagnostics included gastroscopy, computed tomography of the chest, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided fine needle biopsy, and positron emission tomography (PET) of the esophagus in cases with no histopathological confirmation.ResultsBased on the conducted analysis we diagnosed 1 case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), 1 case of adenocarcinoma, and 2 cases of esophageal cysts. In another 7 cases radiological images resembled leiomyoma but with no histopathological confirmation. Esophagectomy was performed in 2 cases of malignant tumors and 1 case of a large benign tumor. In other cases surgical enucleation of tumors was performed. Postoperatively we diagnosed 6 cases of leiomyoma, 1 case of schwannoma, 2 esophageal cysts, 1 case of GIST and 1 of esophageal cancer.ConclusionsIntramural esophageal tumors is a very diverse group of tumors, both malignant and benign. In every case of IET we should seek histopathological conformation. Treatment of IET depends on localization, size and histopathological type of lesion.

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“…Major complaints are progressive dysphagia, hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain [2, 6, 10, 11]. In our experience patients were mainly complaining of dysphagia.…”

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Intramural esophageal tumors

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“…The definitive diagnosis of Schwannomas is done by paraffin section which allows visualization of all the microscopic details, while frozen section only shows spindle cells [45] and hence, missing the other vital details as described above and so, it does not help in differentiating between GIST and Schwannoma [46].…”

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Schwannomas of Gastrointestinal Tract; a comprehensive review

Ting¹,

Yashodhara²,

Soe³

et al. 2018

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Gastrointestinal Schwannomas (GIS) are neurogenic, spindle cell, mesenchymal tumors, and arise from Schwann cells of myenteric plexus; the cells which form the sheath of the nerves. Schwannomas (SNs) usually arise from spinal roots and peripheral nerves in Schwannomatosis, the third major form of neurofibromatosis, but they are most wellknown to originate from cranial nerves as in vestibular schwannomas. On the contrary, a sporadic Schwannoma which occurs in hollow organs such as the GI tract is remarkably rare. The Gastrointestinal Schwannomas pose a diagnostic & interventional challenge as it is difficult to differentiate them, peri-operatively or pre-operatively, from more commonly occurring, more malignant, Gastrointestinal-Stromal Tumors (GIST). The exact incidence of gastrointestinal Schwannomas is not known, due to lack of consensus in the nomenclature of these tumors; they are called

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