Clin Endosc.  2020 Nov;53(6):754-756. 10.5946/ce.2020.111.

Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnose and Treat Diffuse Esophageal Leiomyomatosis: A Case Report

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  • 1Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
  • 2Department of Pathology, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal


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  • Fig. 1. (A, B) Computed tomography with marked nodular parietal thickening of the entire esophagus.

  • Fig. 2. (A) Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showing dilatation and tortuosity of the esophagus with several bulging areas of normal mucosa. (B) Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showing submucosal bulge in the fundus of the stomach. (C-E) Endoscopic ultrasound with parietal circumferential thickening of the esophagus, originating from muscular layer, extending to the cardia and gastric fundus. (F) Histologic examination showed proliferation of spindle-shaped cells, without atypia (hematoxilin-eosin, ×400).


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