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*[http://www.pathguy.com/sol/15419.jpg Esophageal varix (pathguy.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/guts.htm http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/guts.htm]. Accessed on: 24 April 2013.</ref> | *[http://www.pathguy.com/sol/15419.jpg Esophageal varix (pathguy.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/guts.htm http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/guts.htm]. Accessed on: 24 April 2013.</ref> | ||
==Acute esophagitis== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Benign. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Intraepithelial [[neutrophil]]s - '''key feature'''. | |||
*Basal cell hyperplasia. | |||
*No infectious agent identified - '''important'''. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Candida esophagitis]]. | |||
*[[Herpes esophagitis]]. | |||
===Stains=== | |||
*[[PAS-D stain]] -ve for fungal organisms. | |||
*[[GMS stain]] -ve for fungal organisms. | |||
===Sign out=== | |||
<pre> | |||
ESOPHAGUS, BIOPSY: | |||
- ACUTE ESOPHAGITIS. | |||
-- NO FUNGAL ORGANISMS IDENTIFIED WITH PAS-D AND GMS STAINING. | |||
- NO COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM IDENTIFIED. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA. | |||
</pre> | |||
=Preneoplastic= | =Preneoplastic= | ||