Niaz Hussain Soomro, Bushra Kiran Naeem, Sagheer Hussain, Sara Siddiqui, Atif Siddiqui, Hiba.
Giant Esophageal Leiomyoma: Incidentally Found Tumor, on Thoracotomy for Bronchogenic Mediastinal Cyst.
J Dow Uni Health Sci Jan ;10(1):39-40.

Benign tumors of the esophagus are rare accounting for less than10% of esophageal tumor with a prevalence of 0.5%. Leiomyoma is a benign tumor of the esophagus1,4. It is reported that most leiomyomas originate in the inner circular muscle layer of the distal and mid thoracic esophagus particularly at the esophagogastric junction2.

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