GRANULAR FELL MYOBLASTOMA OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS - MR FINDINGS

Granular cell myoblastomas are uncommon, typically benign tumors. Invo lvement of the esophagus is rare, and frequently they are asymptomatic , We report a granular cell myoblastoma involving the cervical esophag us in a patient who had paralysis of the true vocal cord and progressi ve dysphagia, At MR imaging, the circumscribed mass was hypointense on T1-weighted images and mildly hyperintense on TZ-weighted images, wit h homogeneous contrast enhancement.