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Case Reports

A Rare Case of Giant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Esophagus

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
^b Department of Pathology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
^c Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Accepted for publication May 15, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Li, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, People's Republic of China (Email: huilee{at}vip.sina.com).

Giant solitary fibrous tumor of the esophagus is a very rare neoplasm. We herein report a successful surgically treated solitary fibrous tumor of the esophagus. A 49-year-old man presented with a history of difficulty in swallowing and chest pain. The preoperative diagnostic workup, including a computed tomographic chest scan, endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography, and barium swallow, demonstrated a giant pedunculated intraluminal mass in the esophagus. The tumor was completely resected through a transthoracic esophagotomy, combined with an intraoperative endoscopy. A microscopic examination and immunohistochemical studies supported the diagnosis of a benign solitary fibrous tumors of the esophagus. The patient remained well with no evidence of recurrence 16 months after surgery.