A Case of Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor

Tetsunari Wada, Shinsuke Morita, Takuya Ashida, Yoshiaki Kawa

Department of Surgery, Sanda Municipal Hospital

A case of esophageal granular cell tumor removed by endoscopic polypectomy is reported. A 78-year-old woman was admitted because of a tumor just under the esophagogastric junction. Histologically the tumor was diagnosed as an esophageal granular cell tumor by endoscopic biopsy. The tumor was completely reseced by endoscopic polypectomy and no abnormal finding was found at the resected part two months later. In Japan 80 cases of esophageal glanular cell tumor have been reported in detail. Follow up, endoscopic polypectomy and surgical resection were performed for these tumors. We confirm that endoscopic polypectomy is the first choice for an esophageal granular cell tumor, though we must consider its size and histological depth.

Key words
esophageal granular cell tumor, endoscopic polypectomy

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Tetsunari Wada First Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine
7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650 JAPAN

Accepted
April 14, 1993

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