Esophageal fibrovascular polyp removed by cervical esophagotomy
Journal | Volume 73 - 2010 |
Issue | Fasc.4 - Case reports |
Author(s) | H. Ubukata, T. Nakachi, N. Kasuga, H. Nagata, S. Konishi, Y. Goto, Y. Watanabe, I. Nakada, T. Tabuchi |
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Fourth Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Japan. |
We report a case of esophageal fibrovascular polyp (FVP) removed by cervical esophagotomy. The patient was a 74-year-old man in whom an intraesophageal mass was detected by a chest CT examination during a complete medical check-up. An upper gastrointestinal series showed a large, pedunculated, cervical esophageal mass for which our preoperative diagnosis was a FVP. We studied its features, as well as removal procedures in 45 patients in the literature. Most patients had marked symptoms, but ours had no complaints, and so this case may be a rare one. Various removal procedures were reported, but thoracotomy and esophagectomy are considered to be the inappropriate procedures since FVP is a benign disorder. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2010, 73, 514-516). |
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