Abstract

Eight surgically treated patients with leiomyoma of the esophagus are presented. The patients were 6 men and 2 women whose ages ranged from 20 to 50 years. One of them was asymptomatic, while the remaining seven had mainly dysphagia and weight loss. The preoperative diagnosis was made in 6 cases. One patient had coexisting esophageal carcinoma masking the presence of the leiomyoma and masking the lesion an incidental operative funding. The other which was asymptomatic was diagnosed as a mediastinal tumor preoperatively. Six patients were treated by thoracotomy and enucleation of the tumor. Two patients were treated as esophagectomy and esophagogastrostomy. There were no operative deaths, and the overall results were excellent.

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