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A case report is presented of a 59-year-old woman who was suspected of having a paraesophageal hernia, but at operation was found to have an epiphrenic diverticulum of the esophagus, a benign stromal tumor of the esophagus, and pseudoachalasia. The stromal tumor was resected laparoscopically together with a laparoscopic Heller's myotomy and partial posterior fundoplication.
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