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Undifferentiated mesenchymal neoplasm of the esophagus in a child: case report and comparison with gastrointestinal stromal tumor
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Undifferentiated mesenchymal neoplasm of the esophagus in a child: case report and comparison with gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Jason V Jollimore, Mohammed Zamakhshary, Michael Giacomantonio and Weiming Yu
Pediatric and developmental pathology, Vol.6(3), pp.257-260
01/05/2003
PMID: 12640522

Abstract

Adolescent Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery Humans Male Mesenchymoma - pathology Mesenchymoma - surgery Stromal Cells - pathology Treatment Outcome
Mesenchymal neoplasms of the esophagus are relatively uncommon in adults and exceedingly rare in children. Childhood tumors consist almost exclusively of smooth muscle tumors (leiomyomas). We report a case of an undifferentiated mesenchymal neoplasm occurring in the distal esophagus of a 15-year-old boy which is not a gastrointestinal stromal tumor. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such a neoplasm occurring in the esophagus of either an adult or child.

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