RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY LIPOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS

A four-year-old boy presented with wheezing of 5 months' duration afte r a cold. During examination, an opacity was noted in the superior med iastinum, causing displacement of the trachea to the right. A barium s wallow showed a mass in the wall of the esophagus, occupying the lumen , without causing any obstruction. Through further examination by comp uted tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the mass was confirmed to be a lipoma in the wall of esophagus, causing displacement of trac hea. The mass was removed via the transcervical approach, and the post operative course was uneventful. Respiratory obstruction caused by a l ipoma of esophagus in childhood had not been reported in the English l anguage literature.