Published in:
01-06-2011 | Case Report
Giant esophageal lipoma
Authors:
Antonello Cuttitta, Vito Annese, Antonio Tancredi, Celeste Clemente, Roberto Scaramuzzi
Published in:
Updates in Surgery
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Issue 2/2011
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Abstract
A case of a giant esophageal pedunculated lipoma diagnosed in a 67-year-old male patient with recent onset of dysphagia is reported. Following the initial endoscopic and radiologic evaluation, the diagnosis was suspected by endo-ultrasonography and confirmed by histopathology. The treatment consisted of an esophagotomy with submucosal resection, through a left sided cervical incision. The review of the literature confirmed the rarity of this neoplasm, and the difficulty of a correct preoperative diagnosis, since a possible progression to squamous carcinoma has been demonstrated.