2018 Volume 64 Issue 1 Pages 16-22
A 50-year-old female complained of discomfort when swallowing from a year earlier. Based on the findings of an image examination, we diagnosed her with an esophageal submucosal tumor. Because the tumor showed a growing tendency and metastasis could not be denied, and because she had subjective symptoms such discomfort when swallowing, we performed tumor resection for treatment under the policy of our institution. The tumor was localized in the esophageal muscle layer, and the resected specimen was 37 × 31 mm in size. The lesion was diagnosed as schwannoma from the esophagus based on the intraoperative and histopathological findings. The postoperative course was good, and she was discharged on the 10th postoperative day. We herein report a case of esophageal schwannoma removed via the cervical approach with a review of the related literature.
