Case Report of a Giant Esophageal Leiomyoma Managed by VATS Enucleation

A single case report details the presentation and management of a giant mid-esophageal leiomyoma in a 22-year-old male Syrian patient. The report, authored by figshare admin karger and last updated in April 2026, describes the patient's symptoms, diagnostic imaging, surgical procedure, and histopathological findings. It is a 1.2 MB PDF file.

Use Cases

• Illustrate the diagnostic challenge of distinguishing large benign intramural esophageal tumors from malignant disease based on the case description.
• Support literature on the use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for organ-preserving enucleation of giant symptomatic lesions.
• Analyze the clinical presentation of a rare giant leiomyoma in a young adult with celiac disease.
• Review the role of immunohistochemistry in confirming a leiomyoma diagnosis and excluding malignancy as described.

Strengths

• The case report provides a detailed, peer-reviewed narrative of a rare clinical presentation.
• Specific clinical details are included, such as patient age (22), lesion size (~11 cm), and a 3-month follow-up outcome.
• The data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single case report, limiting statistical or generalizable analysis.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the PDF content must be manually parsed.
• Data may reflect geographic or demographic bias inherent to a single case report from Syria.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Published as supplementary material for a medical case report.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 13:55:12

Geography

Syria (patient origin)