[Clinical analysis and surgical treatment of 14 cases of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors].

OBJECTIVE

To explore the clinical features and surgical management of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

METHODS

The clinical data of patients with esophageal GISTs undergoing surgery at our hospital between January 1999 and April 2012 were retrospectively reviewed.

RESULTS

Of 14 patients, the male: female ratio was 8:6; the median age of the patients was 42 years (range 33 - 63 years). Dysphagia was the most common symptom, and all cases were diagnosed postoperatively. The tumors were resected by enucleation or esophagectomy or endoscopic submucosal resection. The median follow-up was 43.5 months, ranging from 2 to 142 months, with all patients have no recurrence and metastasis.

CONCLUSION

Esophageal GIST is rather rare. At present, surgical resection and postoperative diagnosis remain the mainstay for treatment of patients with esophageal GISTs in China.