Association between Oesophageal Diverticula and Leiomyomas: A Report of Two Cases. (3rd November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chowdhry, Muhammad; Spyratou, Christina; Lorenzi, Bruno; Kadirkamanathan, Sritharan; Charalabopoulos, Alexandros
• Other Names: Koide Naohiko Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-11-03
• Subjects: Gastroenterology -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Digestive organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Digestive organs -- Diseases; Gastroenterology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Case studies; Periodicals; 616.33
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/6832535
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6528

Abstract

Abstract : We report two rare cases of female patients presenting with oesophageal leiomyoma associated with oesophageal diverticulum, both of whom were surgically managed. Oesophageal leiomyoma and oesophageal diverticulum are uncommon as separate entities and rare as combined disease presentation. Clinicians need to be aware of the rare combination of the two entities and need to be able to exclude the presence of a tumour (benign or malignant) within a diverticulum and so plan the optimum treatment. Herein, we present two cases of oesophageal leiomyoma within oesophageal diverticulum and we try to elucidate the association between the two. To date, there is no consensus whether a diverticulum is secondary to a leiomyoma or, on the contrary, a leiomyoma arises within a diverticulum.