• Fernando Palacios, Carlos Contardo, Jorge Guevara, Augusto Vera, Luis Aguilar, Manuel Huamán, Américo Palomino, and Alejandro Yabar.
• Departamento de Enfermedades del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Nacional-EsSalud, Lima, Perú.
• Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 2003 Jul 1; 23 (3): 213-6.

AbstractFibrovascular polyps are extremely rare benign neoplasias of the esophagus, which usually originate in the lower cricoid area. They do not produce any discomfort in the patient for a long time, however it may make itself evident by the patient's regurgitation of the polyp, producing asphyxia or, more frequently, dysphagia. The case of a 58 year old male patient is presented herein, with a 9 month record of dysphagia, weight loss and intermittent melena. The barium x-ray showed a distended esophagus, with a tumor running from the upper esophageal sphincter to the cardia. The endoscopy confirmed the presence of a pediculated tumor, implanted in the cervical esophagus. Surgeons suspected the potential malignancy of the tumor and performed a transhiatal esophagectomy. The final pathologic diagnosis was giant fibrovascular esophageal polyp.

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