Acute esophageal hemorrhage from a vagal neurilemoma

Kenneth R. DeVault; Larry S. Miller; Harout Yaghsezian; Andreas M. Spirig; Manisha Dhuria; Fred R. Armenti; Daniel C. Connell; Paul Martin; Donald O. Castell

doi:10.1016/0016-5085(92)90198-8

Acute esophageal hemorrhage from a vagal neurilemoma

Kenneth R. DeVault, Larry S. Miller, Harout Yaghsezian, Andreas M. Spirig, Manisha Dhuria, Fred R. Armenti, Daniel C. Connell, Paul Martin, Donald O. Castell

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Abstract

A man with known systemic neurofibromatosis developed an acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage while hospitalized after a neurosurgical procedure. Endoscopic evaluation showed a vascular lesion with an appearance consistent with a Dieulafoy-type lesion in the distal esophagus. Despite multiple endoscopic procedures with attempted coagulation of the bleeding lesion, the patient continued to have life-threatening hemorrhaging. At thoracotomy, a tumor was found to arise from the vagus nerve at the site of bleeding. This tumor was resected and histologically determined to be a neurilemoma. Acute bleeding into the esophagus associated with this type of tumor has not been previously reported.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1059-1061
Number of pages	3
Journal	Gastroenterology
Volume	102
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-5085(92)90198-8
State	Published - Mar 1992
Externally published	Yes

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