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Case Reports

Giant Multi-Polypoid Liposarcoma of the Esophagus: An Atypical Presentation

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
^b Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Accepted for publication June 22, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Smith, 600 N Wolfe St, 618 Blalock, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287 (Email: msmit179{at}jhmi.edu).

Liposarcomas of the esophagus are rare with only 19 cases reported in the English literature. We present a giant, well-differentiated liposarcoma of the esophagus with multiple pedunculated polypoid-like growths, which made it radiographically and pathologically noncharacteristic. We discuss the diagnostic dilemmas, clinical and pathologic findings, and surgical treatment.