Table 1.

Summary of esophageal GIST presentations and review of the literature

Date	Study (first author)	Presenting complaint	Age, years	Sex	Affected organ or area	Size, cm
2002	Lee [17]	Incidental: routine chest X-ray (during an evaluation for trauma)	64	m	Esophageal	9
2002	Machishi [18]	Anorexia and back pain	61	f	Gastric	20, width
2004	Ertem [19]	Weight loss + regurgitation	46	m	Mid esophagus	8
2005	Feakins [20]	Dysphagia	36	f	Mid esophagus	7
2005	Gouveia [21]	Incidental: routine echocardiogram	59	m	Esophageal	13.5 × 8.5 × 7.6
2005	Manu [22]	Melena + dizziness	75	m	Lower esophagus	14 × 7 × 4
2005	Chang [8]	Dysphagia	36	m	Lower esophagus	6.5
2006	Basoglu [4]	Dyspnea + dysphagia + back pain	33	f	Thoracic esophagus	27
2007	Portale [23]	Melena + hematemesis	66	f	Lower esophagus	3.5
2009	Milman [24]	Incidental: CT workup for nephrolithiasis	82	m	Distal esophagus	11.0 × 8.0 × 4.0
2012	Kim [25]	Chest pain + epigastric discomfort + nuchal pain	71	f	Lower esophagus	10.0 × 8.0