Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2005 Aug;38(8):589-593.

Benign Schwannoma of the Esophagus: Surgical experience of two cases

• Byun JH
• Park SD

Abstract

Esophageal schwannoma is very rare and almost of all cases are diagnosed as esophageal submucosal tumor preoperatively. Final diagnosis is made by postoperative immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of the surgical specimen. We experienced two cases of esophageal submucosal tumor, one was 63 year old female suffering from three months of dysphagia and another was 39 year old female complaining of two months of intermittent dysphagia. Two esophageal tumors were completely removed by esophagectomy and enucleation through right thoracotomy respectively. Postoperative IHC staining demonstrated S-100 positive without mitotic figures and confirmative diagnosed was made as benign esopphageal schwannoma.

Keyword

Schwannoma; Esophageal neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Adult
Deglutition Disorders
Diagnosis
Esophageal Neoplasms
Esophagectomy
Esophagus*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neurilemmoma*
Thoracotomy