ANOTHER CASE OF PEDUNCULATED LIPOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS

Abstract

In 1922, Vinson¹presented what was apparently the first reported case of pedunculated lipoma of the esophagus. Since then we have been unable to find a report of another case. Therefore, the case here presented is the second on record. <h3>REPORT OF CASE</h3> T. H. M., a man, aged 59, came to the hospital, Feb. 14, 1927, complaining of difficulty in walking and entered the hospital for investigation. February 15, he was sent to the nose and throat department for routine nose and throat examination and Bárány caloric tests. No special abnormalities were noted either in history or in the physical examination. Toward the end of the caloric test, however, the patient vomited and in vomiting brought up a sausage-shaped soft tissue mass, from 1.5 to 2 cm. in diameter, which protruded from the mouth about 10 cm. It was covered with a smooth mucosa, beneath