Symptoms of oesophageal tumours – benign tumours of the oesophagus usually cause no symptoms.
If they do cause symptoms, it is mostly difficulty swallowing.
The oesophageal tumoursymptoms (so-called alarm or warning symptoms) may include: difficulty swallowing, painful swallowing, weight loss, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, black (tarry) stools, difficulty breathing and hoarseness.
Less common, so-called paraneoplastic symptoms may include narrowing of the eyelid opening, sinking of the eyeball on the same side, bone and joint pain, multiple areas of hardened skin, symptoms associated with non-specific hormone overproduction, inflammation of the blood vessels, and symptoms associated with high serum calcium levels.
