Giant Diffuse Esophageal Leiomyomatosis. Case Report

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Servio Tulio Torres Rodríguez
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-5588
Giovanni Renato Juárez Cheng
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0487-0243
Leonidas Danilo Herrera Cruz
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5694-5984
Sergio Alejandro Villeda Castañeda
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1958-4707
Elka Marlene Lainfiesta Moncada
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-4172
Orlando Rodas Pernillo

Abstract

Introduction: Esophageal leiomyomatosis is a benign neoplasm with an extremely low incidence of esophageal tumors and is sometimes difficult to categorize as a neoplasm or myopathy. 


Clinical case: The case of a 24-year-old girl, who consulted for progressive dysphagia of one year of evolution and a history of having discovered a “spot” on her lung ten years ago, is reported. The images show a mass that occupies the middle and lower third of the esophagus and proximal megaesophagus due to obstruction at the level of the cardia. Total esophagectomy, tubulization and gastric ascent with pyloroplasty plus lateral esophagogastric anastomosis at the cervical level were performed. The pathology confirms the histology of esophageal leiomyomatosis. 


Conclusion: It is a very rare pathology with few reported cases.

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Author Biography

Leonidas Danilo Herrera Cruz, Hospital de Referencia Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Guatemala, Guatemala

 

 

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Giant Diffuse Esophageal Leiomyomatosis. Case Report. (2024). Respirar, 16(4), 405-410. https://doi.org/10.55720/respirar.16.4.8

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