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ArticleSurgical case reports2020

Successful removal of a giant esophageal lipoma by thoracoscopic enucleation: a case report.

Wataru Goto, Katsunobu Sakurai, Naoshi Kubo, Yutaka Tamamori, Kiyoshi Maeda, Masaichi Ohira

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Article in Surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Successful removal of a giant esophageal lipoma with hybrid endoscopic submucosal dissection.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2021
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wataru GotoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan. saraikazemaru@gmail.com.
Katsunobu SakuraiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan.
Naoshi KuboDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan.
Yutaka TamamoriDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan.
Kiyoshi MaedaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, 2-13-22 Miyakojimahondori, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, 534-0021, Japan.
Masaichi OhiraDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka City General Hospital · JPOsaka City University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe report a rare case of giant esophageal lipoma treated with thoracoscopic enucleation successfully. CASE PRESENTATION: A 69-year-old woman was referred to our department with dysphagia. Computed tomography examination revealed a large hypoattenuating submucosal mass with dense fat in the middle and lower esophagus. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a submucosal mass with normal mucosa on the middle and lower esophageal wall. On a diagnosis of esophageal lipoma, we performed a video-assisted thoracoscopic operation and the 14.0 × 6.5 × 3.0 cm in size submucosal tumor was completely enucleated. We could successfully avoid a subtotal esophagectomy with high invasiveness. The patient was discharged on the 36th day after operation, and no symptoms had been noted.

conclusionsVideo-assisted thoracoscopic enucleation with minimal invasiveness may be an appropriate treatment option even for such a huge benign esophageal submucosal tumor.

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EnucleationEsophageal lipomaVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

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PMID31932979
PMCPMC6957579
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