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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Columnar epithelium | *Columnar epithelium with goblet cells - '''key feature'''. | ||
**Moderate chronic inflammation +/- acute inflammation -- common.<ref name=pmid10566710>{{Cite journal | last1 = Voutilainen | first1 = M. | last2 = Färkkilä | first2 = M. | last3 = Mecklin | first3 = JP. | last4 = Juhola | first4 = M. | last5 = Sipponen | first5 = P. | title = Chronic inflammation at the gastroesophageal junction (carditis) appears to be a specific finding related to Helicobacter pylori infection and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The Central Finland Endoscopy Study Group. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 94 | issue = 11 | pages = 3175-80 | month = Nov | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01513.x | PMID = 10566710 }}</ref> | |||
*+/-Mild hyperchromasia. | *+/-Mild hyperchromasia. | ||
*+/-Reactive squamous epithelium suggestive of reflux. | *+/-Reactive squamous epithelium suggestive of reflux. | ||