Esophageal lymphangioma: A case report and review of literature

Table 1 Cases of esophageal lymphangiomas reported in the literature since 1934

Case	Year	Ref.	Country	Gender	Age (years)	Site	Size (cm)	Chief complaints	Treatment
1	1934	Watson-Williams[3]	United Kingdom	Male	61	L	NA	Chest pain, vomiting	Observation
2	1973	Brady and Milligan[4]	United States	Female	62	U	5	Epigastric pain	Observation
3	1979	Armengol-Miro et al[5]	Spain	Male	64	L	1	Epigastric pain	Snare polypectomy
4	1980	Tamada et al[6]	Japan	Male	46	L	NA	Dysphagia and vomiting	Open surgery
5	1983	Liebert[7]	United States	Male	58	L	1.5	Dysphagia	Snare polypectomy
6	1990	Castellanos et al[8]	Spain	Female	66	M	2 × 1.5	Chest pain	Open surgery
7	1994	Yoshida et al[9]	Japan	Male	55	M	4	Heartburn	Open surgery
8	1996	Suwa et al[10]	Japan	Female	52	L	2.2 × 2	Dysphagia	Snare polypectomy
9	1998	Scarpis et al[11]	Italy	Male	64	L	1.5	Epigastric pain	Snare polypectomy
10	2002	Lee et al[12]	Korea	Male	37	M, L	NA	Dysphagia	INF α2a and partial polypectomy
11	2004	Yoon et al[13]	Korea	Male	72	L	5.1 × 2.3	Vomiting	Open surgery
12	2005	Saers et al[14]	Germany	Female	52	L	0.7	Dysphagia, abdominal discomfort, chest pain	EMR
13	2007	Sushil et al[15]	United States	Male	68	L	1.5	Heartburn	Snare electrocautery
14	2008	Best et al[16]	United States	Male	64	U	3.5 × 2.2; 2.0 × 1.4	Vertigo and neck pain	CO2 laser resection
15	2008	Seybt et al[17]	United States	Male	53	L	4	Dysphagia, regurgitation	Open surgery
16	2010	Arashiro et al[18]	Japan	Female	33	L	1.9 × 1.5	Nausea and heartburn	ESD
17	2011	Lee et al[19]	Korea	Male	55	M	0.7	None	Endoscopic resection with band ligation
18	2012	Xue et al[20]	China	Male	58	M, L	10 × 2.5 × 1; 6 × 5 × 4	Dysphagia	Open surgery
19	2013	Zhao et al[21]	China	2 females + 4 males	35-77	1 U + 4 M + 3 L	0.4-1.2	Asymptomatic	Dual-channel endoscopic; resection
25	2015	Barbosa et al[22]	Portugal	Male	54	L	1.2	None	Observation
26	2017	Luo et al[23]	China	Male	41	L	6 × 1	Dysphagia	Endoscopic piecemeal mucosal resection
27	2017	Zhao et al[24]	China	Male	59	M	NA	Choking	EMR
28	2018	Hu et al[25]	China	Male	46	M, L	16 × 6 × 4	Dysphagia	ESD
29	2018	Min and Liu[26]	China	Female	44	M	7	Dysphagia	Snare electrocautery
30	2018	Cheng et al[27]	China	Female	48	U	1.5 × 1.2 × 1	Dysphagia	ESD
31	2022	Shi et al[28]	China	8 females + 6 males	30-71	Unknown	0.22-4	Bloating, abdominal pain, regurgitation, foreign body sensation	13 EMR + 1 ESD
45	2025	Our case	China	Male	48	L	1.5 × 0.8	Asymptomatic	ESD

L: Lower esophagus; U: Upper esophagus; M: Middle esophagus; NA: Not available; INF: Interferon; ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection; EMR: Endoscopic submucosal resection.