Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Diagnostic Complexity and Management Pitfalls | Zendy

Charalampos Markakis | Zendy; Eleftherios Spartalis | Zendy; Emmanouil Liarmakopoulos | Zendy; Evangelia G. Kavoura | Zendy; Periklis Tomos | Zendy

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Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Diagnostic Complexity and Management Pitfalls

Author(s) -

Charalampos Markakis,

Eleftherios Spartalis,

Emmanouil Liarmakopoulos,

Evangelia G. Kavoura,

Periklis Tomos

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6900

pISSN - 2090-6919

DOI - 10.1155/2013/968394

Subject(s) - medicine , gist , thoracotomy , enucleation , stromal tumor , esophagus , dysphagia , leiomyoma , stromal cell , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , case presentation , chest pain , surgery , endoscopic ultrasound , computed tomographic , computed tomography , pathology

. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the esophagus are rare. Case Presentation . This is a case of a 50-year-old male patient who was referred to our department complaining of atypical chest pain. A chest computed tomographic scan and endoscopic ultrasound revealed a submucosal esophageal tumor measuring 5 cm in its largest diameter. Suspecting a leiomyoma, we performed enucleation via right thoracotomy. The pathology report yielded a diagnosis of an esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor. The patient has shown no evidence of recurrence one year postoperatively. Conclusions . This report illustrates the complexity and dilemmas inherent in diagnosing and treating esophageal GISTs.

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