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Revision as of 13:44, 1 December 2020
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Mostly: |
Most common requests:
Subregions:
- Gastroesophageal junction, preferably also evaluate as such for lower esophagus, or where esophagus level is not specified.
Contents
Comprehensiveness
On this resource, the following formatting is used for comprehensiveness:
- Minimal depth
- (Moderate depth)
- ((Comprehensive))
Microscopic evaluation
Look at least for esophagitis:
Esophagitis
Look for signs of (reflux) esophagitis, mainly:[1]
- Inflammatory cells, especially when intra-epithelial. Neutrophils confer a diagnosis of acute inflammation, while plasma cells, eosinophils and excess T cells confer a diagnosis of chronic inflammation. In eosinophil-predominant inflammation, also evaluate as suspected eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Basal cell hyperplasia exceeding 15 - 20% of the epithelial thickness.
- Stromal papillae reaching upper third of the epithelium.
- Loss of orientation of superficial epithelial cells.
- Ballooned squamous cells
Microscopy report
Example normal report for an esophagus biopsy:
(Middle third esophagus, biopsy:) Squamous mucosa without significant histopathologic changes. (Negative for eosinophilic esophagitis.) |
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
Main page
References
- ↑ Elliot Weisenberg. Esophagus - Esophagitis - Reflux esophagitis / gastroesophageal reflux disease. Pathology Outlines. Topic Completed: 1 October 2012. Minor changes: 8 July 2020
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