Fig. 2

A patient with a submucosal cancer at the middle and lower thoracic esophagus had thoracolaparoscopic en bloc mesoesophageal esophagectomy. A The left gastric lymph nodes were enlarged and fused into a 4.3 cm × 5.2 cm mass. B The specimen of the esophagus and upper stomach was cut open to show the esophageal submucosa cancer of 1 cm in length