We report a case of glomangioma of the esophagus in a 28-year-old woman who presented with a 3-year history of vague discomfort, pain and heat in the neck. At initial gross examination, the tumor mimicked an esophageal papilloma. The resected esophageal specimen contained a polypoid, whitish-gray mass, which measured 3 cm in maximum diameter. Microscopically the tumor consisted of loose fibrova...

Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: 1. Discuss the epidemiology of esophageal cancer. 2. Explain the current status of diagosing and treating esophageal cancer. 3. Describe potential novel targets for new drug development in esophageal cancer. Abstract Esophageal cancer is a highly aggressive neoplasm. In 2005, 14,520 Americans will be diagnosed with es...

OBJECTIVE To assess the routine use of barium swallow study in patients with chronic cough. METHODS Between October of 2011 and March of 2012, 95 consecutive patients submitted to chest X-ray due to chronic cough (duration > 8 weeks) were included in the study. For study purposes, additional images were obtained immediately after the oral administration of 5 mL of a 5% barium sulfate suspensi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Esophageal invasion (EI) by head and neck neoplasm has important prognostic and surgical management implications. Our purpose was to determine the accuracy of MR imaging for predicting neoplastic cervical esophageal invasion. METHODS MR scans of the neck obtained from 22 patients with periesophageal masses were retrospectively reviewed independently and by consensus by ...

history of panhypopituitarism necessitating hydrocortisone and levothyroxine supplementation underwent upper endoscopy because of heartburn, and an esophageal submucosal lesionwas detected. Surface biopsies were normal. Upper endoscopy was repeated at our institution and a 1-cm red-hued submucosal polypoid lesion was noted at 28 cm from the incisors (●" Fig. 1). Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)...

Relevance: Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is a special disease characterized by metaplasia of the flat epithelium esophagus.
 The main danger esophageal epithelial high probability develop-ing malignant neoplasm at site the
 lesion – adenocarcinoma or can-cer cardioesophageal zone.
 study aimed to evaluate clinical effectiveness new BE endoscopic treat-ment methods for their subsequent...

Esophageal lipoma is an uncommon benign tumor of the esophagus and accounts for only 0.4% of all benign neoplasms of the gastrointestinal system. The majority of these are located in the cervical part; only very few are located in the lower third of the esophagus. We discuss the case of a 37-year-old female who presented with dysphagia and an esophageal lipoma located in the lower third of the ...