Simultaneous resections of left lung cancer and esophageal schwannoma using video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A case report

• Published in: Asian journal of endoscopic surgery Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 348 - 353
• Main Authors: An, Byonggu, Abe, Tetsuya, Uemura, Norihisa, Higaki, Eiji, Hosoi, Takahiro, Kuroda, Hiroaki, Matsui, Takuya, Ishihara, Makoto, Kurita, Yusuke, Yatabe, Yasushi, Shimizu, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyoto, Japan John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd 01-07-2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Aged; Case reports; Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery; Esophageal schwannoma; Esophagus; Female; Humans; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - diagnosis; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - surgery; Neurilemmoma - diagnosis; Neurilemmoma - surgery; Ostomy; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; thoracoscopic surgery; Tumors; lung cancer; thoracoscopic surgery; Esophageal schwannoma
• ISSN: 1758-5902; 1758-5910
• DOI: 10.1111/ases.12643

Esophageal schwannomas are extremely rare esophageal submucosal tumors. Herein, we report a case of simultaneous resection of left lung cancer and an esophageal schwannoma with video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery. An asymptomatic 74‐year‐old woman received a diagnosis of an esophageal submucosal tumor during the preoperative assessment of a left lung cancer. The esophageal submucosal tumor arose in the left wall of the lower esophagus, and the patient was diagnosed as having a schwannoma by endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration. She underwent video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery for the simultaneous removal of both tumors. Her postoperative course was uneventful. Thoracoscopic surgery is less invasive than thoracotomy, and this allowed the patient to undergo simultaneous operations for two tumors.