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The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 8. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed the diagnosis of esophageal neurofibroma. Gastrointestinal tract involvement of neurofibromatous lesions is rare and occurs most frequently as a systemic manifestation of von Recklinghausen disease. Cases of localized esophageal neurofibroma with prior or subsequent evidence of generalized neurofibromatosis have rarely been documented. This is a rare case of isolated esophageal neurofibroma without classic systemic manifestations of generalized neurofibromatosis, and it is the first reported case treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.9738\/intsurg-d-12-00021.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,14]],"date-time":"2013-11-14T15:04:38Z","timestamp":1384441478000},"page":"461-465","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Localized Neurofibroma of the Esophagus: Case Report and Review of the Literature"],"prefix":"10.9738","volume":"98","author":[{"given":"Katsunori","family":"Nishikawa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Noburo","family":"Omura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masami","family":"Yuda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yujiro","family":"Tanaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akira","family":"Matsumoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuichiro","family":"Tanishima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshiro","family":"Ishibashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katsuhiko","family":"Yanaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masahiro","family":"Ikegami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4721","reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"i0020-8868-98-4-461-b01","series-title":"Neurology","first-page":"1144","article-title":"Gastrointestinal involvement in von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis","volume":"24","author":"Hochberg\n              FH,","year":"1974","unstructured":"Hochberg\n              FH, \n            \n              Dasilva\n              AB, \n            \n              Galdabini\n              J, \n            \n              Richardson\n              EP\n              Jr. \n          \n          Gastrointestinal involvement in von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. 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