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Leiomyo(sarco)ma of the oesophagus
Author(s) -
Hoekstra Harald J.,
Vermey Albert,
Edens Enje Th.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930250412
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , leiomyosarcoma , biopsy , leiomyoma , resection , endoscopy , infiltration (hvac) , radiology , surgery , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
Leiomy(sarco)mas of the oesophagus are rare tumours, which often cause ill‐defined disturbances in the passage of solid food. The diagnosis can be established by simple radiological examination and endoscopy. There is no infiltration of the mucosa and it is undesirable to take biopsy specimens from such tumours through intact mucosa. The treatment of choice of leiomyoma is enucleation; that of leiomyosarcoma is resection.