A rare oesophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour treated by endoscopy.

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A rare oesophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour treated by endoscopy.

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2018 Apr;100(4):e66-e68

Authors: Fang ZY, Huang HX, Lu C, Zhou XX, Ji F, Yu CH, Li YM

Abstract
An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour is a mesenchymal neoplasm that mostly involves the lung and rarely involves the oesophagus. Surgery has been most commonly used for the treatment of oesophageal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours but there are no definite guidelines for their diagnosis and treatment. We describe the case of a 60-year-old woman presenting with dysphagia and poor appetite who was diagnosed with a submucosal oesophageal tumour by contrast enhanced computed tomography and ultrasonography endoscopy. She was treated successfully by endoscopic submucosal dissection with no complications. The final diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination.

PMID: 29607674 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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