abstract intraabdominal schwannomas are rare tumors that may arise from viscera or abdominal wall. the rarity accompanied by occurrence in odds places may make their diagnosis difficult and delayed. we present a case of distal paraesophageal schwannoma with long-term cachexia. a34-year-old man presented with long-lasting vomiting, dysphagia, and progressive cachexia for four years. multiple par...

BACKGROUND Transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer implies blind manipulation of the intrathoracic esophagus. We report a secure hemostatic method with gauze packing in transhiatal esophagectomy. METHODS The gauze-packing technique is utilized for hemostasis just after removal of the thoracic esophagus during transhiatal esophagectomy. After confirming cancer-free margins, the abdomin...

A term "mesoesophagus" has been often used by surgeons, but the morphology was not described well. To better understand the structures attaching the human abdominal and lower thoracic esophagus to the body wall, we examined serial or semiserial sections from 10 embryos and 9 fetuses. The esophagus was initially embedded in a large posterior mesenchymal tissue, which included the vertebral colum...

Diverticulum of the abdominal esophagus is an extremely rare disease. We present a patient with diverticulum of the abdominal esophagus who could be treated successfully by a laparoscopic diverticulectomy with supporting intra-operative endoscopy. In patient with epiphrenic diverticulum, diverticulectomy with myotomy and partial fundoplication is recommended as surgical treatment. This procedur...

The function of the esophagus, the first organ of the digestive tube, appears very simple: it is an anteroposteriorly flattened hollow tube organ that transports material from the mouth into the stomach. However, this requires a very complex swallowing mechanism, lubrication of the swallowed material with saliva and other esophageal secretions, transport into the stomach by peristaltic waves, a...

During gastrectomies for carcinomas of the esophagogastric junction, it is often desirable to gain additional length of the abdominal esophagus to construct an intra-abdominal esophagojejunal anastomosis. In this report, we describe a technique of esophageal mobilization that combines transhiatal dissection with transection of both vagus nerves at 3 points: first, at a level 2 cm to 3 cm below ...

The anatomy of the esophagus was previously studied in most mammals. The esophagus was composed of three parts in the cat as typical anatomical animals: cervical, thoracic, and abdominal [1-3]. While in canine the esophagus was consisted of the upper esophageal sphincter, the tubular esophagus, and the lower esophageal sphincter [4]. In canine the first part of esophagus lies dorsal to the trac...

malignant tumors of pancreas are usually primary neoplasms and pancreatic metastases are rare findings. we are reporting a case of squamous cell carcinoma (scc) of the esophagus with pancreatic metastasis. a 59-year old woman was admitted with chief complaint of abdominal pain and mass. she was a known case of esophageal scc since 4 years before when she had undergone transthoracic esophagectom...