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
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.
Rights
© 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.
Is Part Of
VCU Surgery Publications
Comments
Originally published at https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz300.
Funded in part by the VCU Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.