Benign tumors of the esophagus are uncommon and are usually diagnosed only when their size induces dysphagia. In large autopsy series, benign esophageal tumors were detected in about 0.5% of cases2. Benign esophageal tumors may be classified as intraluminal, intramural or extramural. Benign intraluminal tumors are far less common and include fibrovascular polyp, hamartoma, lymphangioma, squamous papilloma and lipoma3. The fibrovascular polyp is the most common intraluminal nonepithelial tumor which accounts for 0.51% of all benign esophageal tumors4,5. Indeed, although the dramatic presentation of these polyps has resulted in at least 25 individual patients reported in the English literature between 1969 and 2003, only a single case series of 16 FVPs has been compiled, from cases seen at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology6. Giant FVPs are slow-growing, pedunculated masses that usually arise from the upper third of the esophagus, near the level of the cricopharyngeus, and are covered Address for correspondence: Dr. Ahmet Bayram, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery of Uludag University Medical Faculty, Gorukle Bursa, Turkey 16059 Tel: +90 224 4429166 Fax: +90 224 4428698 Email: asbayram@yahoo.com @ IJTCVS 097091342020604/59 Introduction