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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:340-342
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Giant Benign Esophageal Schwannoma Requiring Esophagectomy

Bernard J. Park, MD, Julian Carrasquillo, Manjit S. Bains, MD, Raja M. Flores, MD *

Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Accepted for publication September 20, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Flores, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, Room C-879, New York, NY 10021 (Email: floresr{at}mskcc.org).

Benign esophageal schwannomas are rare tumors with only 14 cases reported in the English literature. All previous reports describe excision without major esophageal resection. We report the case of a 33-year-old woman with a giant esophageal schwannoma that required total thoracic esophagectomy.




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