Case Report of an Esophageal Leiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Esophageal Varices

Osama Helmy^1*, Fouad Haddad¹, Soukaina Banani¹, Fatima Zahra EL Rhaoussi¹, Mohamed Tahiri¹, Wafaa Hliwa¹, Ahmed Bellabah¹, Wafaa Badre¹, Najat Id El Haj², Sara Hafidi², Mohamed Ridai² ,Ghizlane Lembarki³, Fatiha Essodegui³, Sara Moukhlis⁴ & Mehdi Karkouri⁴

¹Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department, UHC Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco
²Thoracic Surgery Department, UHC Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco
³Central Unit of Radiology, UHC Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco
⁴Histopathology Department, UHC Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco

Dr. Osama Helmy, Hepatology and Gastroenterology Department, UHC Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.

Keywords: Esophageal Tumors; Leiomyomas; Hematemesis; Esophageal Varices

Abstract

Background: Leiomyomas are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the esophagus. They are of benign origin occurring mostly in the lower two-thirds of the esophagus. Symptoms and signs are similar to other esophageal lesions, but they may rarely present with bleeding from esophageal varices such as the case in this report. Upper endoscopy, radiological imaging, and histological studies play important roles in the diagnosis. Enucleation for esophageal leiomyoma is the preferred surgical method.

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