Benign Schwannoma of the Esophagus-Surgical experience of two cases-

식도에서 발생한 양성 신경초종-수술치험 2예-

  • Byun Joung-Hun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park Sung-Dal (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine)
  • 변정훈 (고신대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박성달 (고신대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실)
  • Published : 2005.08.01

Abstract

Esophageal schwannoma is very rare and almost of all cases are diagnosed as esophageal submucosal tumor preoperatively. Final diagnosis is made by postoperative immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of the surgical specimen. We experienced two cases of esophageal submucosal tumor, one was 63 year old female suffering from three months of dysphagia and another was 39 year old female complaining of two months of intermittent dysphagia. Two esophageal tumors were completely removed by esophagectomy and enucleation through right thoracotomy respectively. Postoperative IHC staining demonstrated S-100 positive without mitotic figures and confirmative diagnosed was made as benign esopphageal schwannoma.

식도에 발생하는 신경초종은 매우 드문 질환으로 알려져 있으며, 술 전 대부분 식도 점막하종양으로 진단된다 확진은 술 후 시행되는 면역조직화학 검사에 의해 내려진다. 본원에서는 3개월 동안의 연하곤란을 주소로 내원한 63세 여자 환자와, 2개월간의 간헐적인 연하곤란을 주소로 내원한 39세의 여성에서 발생한 식도 점막하 종양을 우측개흉술을 통한 식도 절제술 및 종양 적출술을 각각 시행하여 제거하였다. 술 후 면역조직화학 검사 결과 2예 모두 S-100양성으로 나타나 식도의 양성 신경초종으로 확진되었다.

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