What symptom does benign esophagus cancer have

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In recent years, there are more and more patients with esophageal cancer and esophageal cancer in China. Generally speaking, benign esophageal tumor is very rare, accounting for only one percent of the patients with esophageal tumor. Moreover, the course of the disease is relatively long, and the progress of symptoms is very slow. So the symptom of benign esophagus tumour can show in what respect?

What symptom does benign esophagus cancer have

First: leiomyoma in clinical, very common benign esophageal tumor is leiomyoma, this disease generally occurs in middle-aged men. Leiomyomas often appear in the lower and middle parts of the esophagus. In most cases, there is only one tumor. Leiomyoma mainly originates from the muscular layer of esophageal wall, and its development direction is to grow inside and outside the esophageal lumen. In addition, the symptoms of leiomyoma are closely related to the size and volume of the tumor in the esophagus.

Second: symptoms for larger leiomyomas, they will cause varying degrees of blockage of the esophageal cavity, so that patients have difficulty swallowing food, gradually losing weight and vomiting and other symptoms, and many patients will have a sense of pressure or pain behind the sternum. In most cases, patients don't pay attention to these symptoms, and they may be mistaken for other diseases. Therefore, most patients with leiomyoma are found in the examination.

Third: esophageal cancer and benign esophageal tumor need X-ray and endoscopy to make the diagnosis, X-ray barium meal examination of esophageal cancer: X-ray signs of early esophageal cancer are limited mucosal fold thickening and rupture, or esophageal edge burr, small filling defect, small ulcer niche. Esophagoscopy is a common method in the qualitative and differential diagnosis of early esophageal cancer and tumor. In addition, CT and MRI are valuable in differential diagnosis. Surgical treatment of benign esophageal tumor has good effect and good prognosis. Malignant transformation is rare.

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Therefore, if a friend has this situation, you might as well go to the hospital for an examination to see if there is any tumor. In addition, in the treatment of leiomyoma, often through the removal of surgery to achieve the purpose of treatment.