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Published in: Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 4/2011

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Esophageal lipoma presenting as a long tongue!!

Authors: Krishnaveni Janarthanan, Shiran Shetty, A. Mohanakrishnan, Venkatakrishnan Leelakrishnan

Published in: Indian Journal of Gastroenterology | Issue 4/2011

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A 42-year-old man presented with history of non progressive dysphagia both for solids and liquids for the past 2 years. He used to bring out a fleshy mass from mouth during retching, followed by choking. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a soft, long, smooth, bulging lesion in the upper esophagus, extending for a length of 20 cm. Pillow-sign was positive. Patient coughed immediately after the procedure, and brought out a fleshy pink tubular mass with a blind end from the mouth (Fig. 1), which caused sudden choking. The mass was maneuvered back by the patient himself. Endoscopic ultrasound showed hyperchoic lesion arising from the third layer of esophageal wall suggestive of lipoma. His CT thorax showed submucosal elongated polypoidal lesion with feeding blood vessels, and luminal narrowing in the upper part of the esophagus (Fig. 2). Surgical excision of the lipoma was done with endoscopic assistance. Histology revealed mature adipocytes suggestive of lipoma; there was no increased mitotic activity or lipoblasts.
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Metadata
Title
Esophageal lipoma presenting as a long tongue!!
Authors
Krishnaveni Janarthanan
Shiran Shetty
A. Mohanakrishnan
Venkatakrishnan Leelakrishnan
Publication date
01-07-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0254-8860
Electronic ISSN: 0975-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-011-0117-5

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