Benign Esophageal Schwannoma Compressing the Trachea in Pregnancy Shinjiro Mizuguchi, MD, PhD, Kiyotoshi Inoue, MD, PhD, Atsuo Imagawa, MD, Yoshinori Kitano, MD, PhD, Masao Kameyama, MD, PhD, Haruhiko Ueda, MD, PhD, Yasuhide Inoue, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 2, Pages 660-662 (February 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.088 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Enhanced chest computed tomographic (A) coronal scan and (B) sagittal scan reveal a low-density mass surrounded by the trachea, esophagus, vertebrae, and aorta. The tumor compresses the trachea and thoracic esophagus. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 660-662DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.088) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative appearance of the esophageal schwannoma arising from the thoracic esophagus. (SVC = superior vena cava.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 660-662DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.088) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions