An Early Presenting Esophageal Schwannoma

Shelly S. Choo; Maurice Smith; Ashley Cimino-Mathews; Stephen C. Yang

doi:10.1155/2011/165120

Gastroenterology Research and Practice (Jan 2011)

An Early Presenting Esophageal Schwannoma

Shelly S. Choo,
Maurice Smith,
Ashley Cimino-Mathews,
Stephen C. Yang

Affiliations

Shelly S. Choo: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Maurice Smith: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ashley Cimino-Mathews: Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Stephen C. Yang: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/165120
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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Esophageal schwannoma is a rare diagnosis and historically has been a tumor of middle-aged females. We report a case of a 22-year-old male presenting initially with dyspnea secondary to tracheal compression from an 8 × 6 × 3.0 cm esophageal schwannoma. The tumor was surgically resected, and diagnosis was confirmed with immunohistochemical and pathological studies. We report the youngest case of esophageal schwannoma in an otherwise healthy individual.

Published in Gastroenterology Research and Practice

ISSN: 1687-6121 (Print); 1687-630X (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/6480

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