SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF AN ESOPHAGEAL HEMANGIOMA BY ENDOSCOPIC INJECTION SCLEROTHERAPY - REPORT OF A CASE

We report herein the case of a 46-year-old man in whom an esophageal h emangioma was successfully treated by endscopic injection sclerotherap y (EIS), Tile patient was admitted to hospital after a routine upper g astrointestinal series demonstrated a filling defect in the esophagus, Endoscopy, computed tomography (CT) images, and magnetic resonance im aging (MRI) subsequently revealed a hemangioma in the middle esophagus , EIS was performed using 99% ethanol and 1% polydocanol, and 4 weeks later, the tumor had almost disappeared, This patient has since been f ollowed up carefully with periodic endoscopy and barium studies and ad ditional sclerotherapy will be performed if necessary.