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Remarkably large, benign esophageal tumor

Difficulties in diagnosis

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A patient with a leiomyoma of the esophagus is reported because it reached extraordinary size before becoming symptomatic and caused some difficulty in diagnosis despite its large size. Diagnosis was made with the fiberoptic esophagoscope after standard roentgenograms and rigid esophagoscopy were inconclusive. The tumor was removed through a cervical incision. Attention is called to the potential fatal outcome of these lesions.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, Mercy Hospital, 15219, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    John L. Orchard MD, Wayne W. Peternel MD & Sebastian Arena MD

  2. The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    John L. Orchard MD, Wayne W. Peternel MD & Sebastian Arena MD

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Orchard, J.L., Peternel, W.W. & Arena, S. Remarkably large, benign esophageal tumor. Digest Dis Sci 22, 266–269 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01072288

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