A Case of Cervical Esophageal Cyst

Masato Hoshino, Nobuo Omura, Kouji Nakada, Naruo Kawasaki*, Susumu Kobayashi and Katuhiko Yanaga*

Department of Surgery, Kashiwa Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine*

A-67 year-old man reporting dysphasia was found in endoscopy to have a submucosal tumor 30 mm in diameter 18 cm from the incisor in the cervical esophagus. In a surgical procedure incising the skin in an arc in his left cervix, we confirmed the lesion was located in the posterior esophageal wall after the esophagus was manipulated sufficiently through the cut edge of the anterior wall. All layers of the esophagus wall, including the lesion were removed surgically. The spindle - shaped 25×15×10 mm lesion was a single bulla, containing pale yellow liquid components but no malignant cells. A cyst consisting of acidophil cells under the squamous esophageal epithelium was diagnosed as a benign esophageal cyst. Esophageal cysts located in the cervical esophagus are extremely rare.

Key words
esophageal cyst, surgical resection, dysphasia

Reprint requests
Masato Hoshino Department of Surgery, Kashiwa Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine
163-1 Kashiwashita, Kashiwa, 277-8567 JAPAN

Accepted
March 26, 2008

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