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A rare case of circumferential intramural dissection of the thoracic esophagus.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon (impact factor: 0.88). 12/2010; 58(8):494-5. DOI:10.1055/s-0030-1250242 pp.494-5
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ABSTRACT Esophageal intramural dissection is a rare disease, and whole thoracic esophageal intramural dissection is extremely rare. We report a case of circumferential intramural dissection of the thoracic esophagus, which occurred between the submucosal layer and the muscularis propria layer, with inflammation in the false lumen mimicking esophageal mediastinal fistula in the endoscopic view. The diagnosis was finally confirmed at operation and cured by thoracic esophagectomy.

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Keywords

endoscopic view
 
Esophageal intramural dissection
 
false lumen mimicking esophageal mediastinal fistula
 
muscularis propria layer
 
thoracic esophagectomy
 
thoracic esophagus
 
whole thoracic esophageal intramural dissection
 

S Wang