GIANT PEDUNCULATED LIPOSARCOMAS OF THE ESOPHAGUS - LITERATURE-REVIEW AND CASE-REPORT

Authors
BOGGI U VIACAVA P NACCARATO AG GIULIANOTTI PC DICANDIO G BATTOLLA L MOSCA F
Citation
U. Boggi et al., GIANT PEDUNCULATED LIPOSARCOMAS OF THE ESOPHAGUS - LITERATURE-REVIEW AND CASE-REPORT, Hepato-gastroenterology, 44(14), 1997, pp. 398-407
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Hepato-gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01726390
Volume
44
Issue
14
Year of publication
1997
Pages
398 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-6390(1997)44:14<398:GPLOTE>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Although liposarcoma is the second most common. soft-tissue sarcoma in , adults, its incidence within the gastrointestinal tract is distinctl y Low. Esophageal involvement is exceedingly rare and only four cases have been described so far. A fifth case is presented here along with a thorough review of the literature of polypoid lipomatous tumors of t he esophagus. Diagnostic and therapeutical strategies of these tumors are discussed in detail.