Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Leiomyomas of esophagus, although rare, are the most frequent benign tumors of esophagus. Aim of this study is the presentation of 7 patients with esophageal leiomyomas who underwent surgical treatment during a 9-year period.</p&g...
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| author | Zafiriou Georgios Setzis Konstantinos Kleontas Athanassios Lalountas Miltiadis Konstantinou Dimitrios Asteriou Christos Barbetakis Nikolaos |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Leiomyomas of esophagus, although rare, are the most frequent benign tumors of esophagus. Aim of this study is the presentation of 7 patients with esophageal leiomyomas who underwent surgical treatment during a 9-year period.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Epidemiological data (sex, age), the presenting symptoms, diagnostic examinations, tumor location, histopathological findings and the safety and efficacy of surgical resection are analyzed and assessed.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>5 men and 2 women with mean age of 56.9 years were operated. In 3 cases the tumor was located at the lower esophagus, while in the other 4 cases, the leiomyoma was found at the median third of esophagus. 4 patients had severe symptoms related to the leiomyoma, such as dysphagia and epigastric pain. All patients underwent a right postolateral thoracotomy with enucleation of the lesion. None of them received resection of part of the esophagus. The mean diameter of the resected tumors was 4.3 cm. The dimensions of leiomyomas were immediately associated with the symptoms. In no case was detected malignancy or recurrence. All patients were relieved from their symptoms, while postoperative morbidity and mortality did not occur.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Esophageal leiomyoma is a benign tumor, which causes symptoms only if its size becomes large. Surgical enucleation is considered to be safe and effective, without complications.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-400ad44a36644558888dad8371e6ab492022-12-21T21:19:05ZengBMCWorld Journal of Surgical Oncology1477-78192009-12-017110210.1186/1477-7819-7-102Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagusZafiriou GeorgiosSetzis KonstantinosKleontas AthanassiosLalountas MiltiadisKonstantinou DimitriosAsteriou ChristosBarbetakis Nikolaos<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Leiomyomas of esophagus, although rare, are the most frequent benign tumors of esophagus. Aim of this study is the presentation of 7 patients with esophageal leiomyomas who underwent surgical treatment during a 9-year period.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Epidemiological data (sex, age), the presenting symptoms, diagnostic examinations, tumor location, histopathological findings and the safety and efficacy of surgical resection are analyzed and assessed.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>5 men and 2 women with mean age of 56.9 years were operated. In 3 cases the tumor was located at the lower esophagus, while in the other 4 cases, the leiomyoma was found at the median third of esophagus. 4 patients had severe symptoms related to the leiomyoma, such as dysphagia and epigastric pain. All patients underwent a right postolateral thoracotomy with enucleation of the lesion. None of them received resection of part of the esophagus. The mean diameter of the resected tumors was 4.3 cm. The dimensions of leiomyomas were immediately associated with the symptoms. In no case was detected malignancy or recurrence. All patients were relieved from their symptoms, while postoperative morbidity and mortality did not occur.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Esophageal leiomyoma is a benign tumor, which causes symptoms only if its size becomes large. Surgical enucleation is considered to be safe and effective, without complications.</p>http://www.wjso.com/content/7/1/102 |
| spellingShingle | Zafiriou Georgios Setzis Konstantinos Kleontas Athanassios Lalountas Miltiadis Konstantinou Dimitrios Asteriou Christos Barbetakis Nikolaos Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus World Journal of Surgical Oncology |
| title | Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus |
| title_full | Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus |
| title_fullStr | Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus |
| title_short | Nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus |
| title_sort | nine years experience in surgical approach of leiomyomatosis of esophagus |
| url | http://www.wjso.com/content/7/1/102 |
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