Endoscopic resection of co-existing severe dysplasia and a small esophageal leiomyoma
Endoscopic resection of co-existing severe dysplasia and a small esophageal leiomyoma作者机构:Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyDepartment of Internal MedicineKyungpook National University HospitalDaegu 700-721South Korea
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2013年第19卷第1期
页 面:137-140页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Synchronous tumor Leiomyoma Dysplasia
摘 要:Leiomyoma is the most common benign mesenchymal tumor of the esophagus.A small leiomyoma covered with endoscopically normal mucosa has a characteristic endoscopic ultrasonographic appearance,slow growth rate,and negligible risk of malignant transformation;therefore the histology does not need to be *** tumors such as an epithelial tumor and small subepithelial tumor in the upper gastrointestinal tract are *** describe a case with a coexisting small leiomyoma and severe dysplasia in the esophagus which were completely resected by endoscopic mucosal resection.