Abstract
Benign tumors of the esophagus are rare, and most of them are leiomyoma. We present a rare case of cervical esophageal schwannoma. A 69-year-old female with a thyroid tumor suffered from dysphagia. A CT scan revealed two tumors including a thyroid tumor and an esophageal tumor. In the operation we found that the two tumors were separated: one tumor was in the left lobe of the thyroid gland and the other was in the cervical esophagus. Histologically, the esophageal tumor was composed of thin densely cellular spindle-shaped cells arranged in interlacing fascicles and the tumor cells showed positive immunohistochemical staining for S-100 protein. The esophageal tumor was diagnosed as schwannoma. She was discharged from the hospital and has been doing well with no recurrence for 6 months after surgery.
We also summarize the clinical characteristics of patients with esophageal schwannoma reported in the literature.
