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TAVASSOLI A, TAVASSOLI F, SHARIF N, SADRIZADEH A. GASTROESOPHAGEAL LE IOMYOMATOSIS IN A YOUNG WOMAN WITH V ULVAR LEIOMYOMATOSIS AND GALLSTONE DISEASE: REPORT OF A RARE CASE . Med J Islam Repub Iran 2004; 17 (4) :347-352
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-673-en.html
From the Department of Surgery, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,Mashhad, Iran.
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Gastroesophageal-vul var leiomyomatosis is a very rare condition it is characterized by diffuse, ill-defined proliferation of smooth muscle in the esophagus and vulva. We present an interesting case of esophageal leiomyomatosis in a woman with a history of vulvar leiomyomatosis and a gall bladder full of stones. She was 18-years old and had a 4 year history of vulvar mass and clitoromegaly, with subclinical dysphagia. This paper represents the first reported simultaneous occurrence of these three pathologic entities in the English literature. Esophago-vulvar leiomyomatosis should be considered in a young patient with vulvar mass and long-standing dysphagia in whom a smooth, tapered esophageal narrowing on barium study and circumferential esophageal wall thickening on CT scan are seen. An esophagectomy combined with a reconstruction procedure is indicated.
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Type of Study: case report | Subject: Surgery

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