Benign esophageal tumours are rare non-malignant lesions arising from
the mucosal or muscular layers of the esophagus.
Leiomyoma is the most common benign tumour of the esophagus.
It has been described in
5% of autopsy specimens.
Benign tumours are classified as mucosal or intramural:
Mucosal tumours :(produce a filling defect in the
lumen)- Eg.- Fibrovascular polyps ;Granular cell tumours ;
Squamous papillomas and lipomas.
Intramural lesions: (more common than
mucosal tumours ; produce an extrinsic mass projecting from the
wall into the lumen.) Eg.- Leiomyomas and cysts.
Further
reading:
Benign esophageal tumors:
introduction, incidence, classification, and clinical features.Semin
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2003 Jan;15(1):3-8.
Visit the following pages for further reading:
-Leiomyoma
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-Squamous Papilloma
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-Fibrovascular Polyp
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-Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp
-Granular Cell Tumour
;
-Esophageal
Cyst
-Glycogenic Acanthosis
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