Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2019

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Surgical Case Reports

Volume

11

First Page

1

Last Page

3

DOI of Original Publication

10.1093/jscr/rjz300

Comments

Originally published at https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz300.

Funded in part by the VCU Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.

Date of Submission

December 2019

Abstract

A gastrointestinal stromal tumor is an infrequent tumor of the gastrointestinal tract with very rare involvement of the esophagus. We present a case of a patient with dysphagia and a 4 cm submucosal mass. The patient underwent thoracoscopic enucleation with complete resection of the mass. We present case details and operative video highlighting the important surgical steps of exposure and retraction. We believe that the Endoloop is a very useful tool in providing countertraction needed during minimally invasive resection of such lesions.

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© The Author(s) 2019. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.

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