ESOPHAGEAL LEIOMYOMA ENUCLEATION THROUGH VIDEO THORACOSCOPY

We report the case of a 57 years old male patient presenting with pyro sis and dysphagia, A mid-third esophageal leiomyoma was diagnosed. The tumour was resected through a right video-thoracoscopic approach and simultaneous intraoperative esophagoscopy was performed. The postopera tive course was uneventful and six months after surgery neither relaps ing symptoms nor radiologic pathological findings were observed. We co nsider that symptomatic leiomyoma is a good indication for video-assis ted thoracoscopic enucleation. The possible postoperative complication s (esophageal fistula, esophageal pseudodiverticulum) may be minimized by means of an adequate surgical technique.