Esophageal GIST should be in the differential diagnosis of a mediastinal mass, even if there is little evidence of luminal involvement of the esophagus demonstrated on imaging.

• 因此，尽管影像上食道管腔内肿瘤的侵犯很少，我们也必须将食道胃肠道间质细胞肿瘤列入纵膈腔肿瘤的鑑别诊断中。