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Benign tumors of the esophagus, especially esophageal leiomyomas, are rare tumors, being around 1% of all esophageal tumors. In children, cysts and duplications cysts are rare congenital disorders of the foregut.
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van der Peet, D.L., Cuesta, M.A. (2021). Minimally Invasive Treatment of Esophageal Leiomyoma. In: Asunción Acosta, M., Cuesta, M.A., Bruna, M. (eds) Atlas of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55176-6_7
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