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Table 1 Cases of Esophageal Lymphangioma in the English Literature

From: Esophageal lymphangioma: a case report and review of literature

Case

Author

Year

Country

Gender

Age

Site

Size (cm)

Chief Complains

Treatment

1

Watson-williams [4]

1934

UK

Male

61

L

NA

Chest pain, vomiting

Observation

2

Schmidt [5]

1961

USA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Autopsy

3

Brady [6]

1973

USA

Female

62

L

5

Epigastric pain

Observation

4

Armengol-Miro [7]

1979

Spain

Male

64

L

1

Epigastric pain

Snare polypectomy

5

Tmamada [8]

1980

Japan

Male

46

L

NA

Dysphagia, vomiting

Open surgery

6

Liebert [9]

1983

USA

Male

58

L

1.5

Dysphagia

Snare polypectomy

7

Castellanos [10]

1990

Spain

Female

66

M

2 × 1.5

Chest pain

Open surgery

8

Yoshida [11]

1994

Japan

Male

55

M

4

Heart burn

Open surgery

9

Suwa [12]

1996

Japan

Female

52

L

2.2 × 2

Dysphagia

Snare polypectomy

10

Scarpis [13]

1998

Italy

Male

64

L

1.5

Epigastric pain

Snare polypectomy

11

Lee [14]

2002

Korea

Male

37

M,L

NA

Dysphagia

INF α2a and partial polypectomy

12

Yoon [15]

2004

Korea

Male

72

L

5.1 × 2.3

Vomiting

Open surgery

13

Saers [16]

2005

Germany

Female

52

L

0.7

Dysphagia, chest pain, abdominal discomfort

Endoscopic mucosal resection

14

Sushil [17]

2007

USA

Male

68

L

1.4 × 1.4

Heart burn

Snare polypectomy

15

Best [18]

2008

USA

Male

68

U

3.5 × 2.2, 2 × 1.4

Dysphagia

CO2 laser resection

16

Seybt [19]

2008

USA

Male

53

L

4

Dysphagia, regurgitation

Open surgery

17

Arashiro [20]

2010

Japan

Female

33

L

1.9 × 1.5

Reflux symptoms

Endoscopic submucosal dissection

18

Lee [21]

2011

Korea

Male

55

M

0.7

NA

Endoscopic resection with band ligation

19

Xue [22]

2012

China

Male

58

M,L

10 × 2.5 × 1, 6 × 5 × 4

Dysphagia

Open surgery

20

Zhao [23]

2013

China

Male

35

U

0.8 × 0.6

Asymptomatic

Dual-channel endoscopic resection

21

2013

China

Female

42

M

0.8 × 0.5

22

2013

China

Male

47

M

0.4 × 0.4

23

2013

China

Male

38

M

1.2 × 0.7

24

2013

China

Male

77

L

0.7 × 0.4

25

2013

China

Female

50

M

0.8 × 0.5

26

Barbosa [24]

2015

Portugal

Male

57

L

1.2

Asymptomatic

Observation

27

Luo [25]

2017

China

Male

41

L

6 × 1

Dysphagia

Endoscopic piecemeal mucosal resection

28

Zhao [26]

2017

China

Male

59

M

NA

Choking

Endoscopic mucosal resection

29

Hu [27]

2018

China

Male

46

M

16 × 6 × 4

Dysphagia

Endoscopic submucosal dissection

30

Min [28]

2018

China

Female

44

M

7

Dysphagia

Snare electrocautery

31

Present case

2019

China

Female

48

U

1.5 × 1.2 × 1

Dysphagia

Endoscopic submucosal dissection

  1. UK: United Kingdom; USA: United States of America; L: Lower esophagus; M: Middle esophagus; U: upper esophagus; INF: interferon