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'''Esophageal ring''' is an uncommon pathology that afflict the [[esophagus]]. | '''Esophageal ring''' is an uncommon pathology that afflict the [[esophagus]]. '''Schatzki ring''' redirects here. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 15 March 2014
Esophageal ring is an uncommon pathology that afflict the esophagus. Schatzki ring redirects here.
General
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing).[1]
- Clinical diagnosis.
Gross
- Ring-like narrowing of the esophageal lumen.
Endoscopic image of a Schatzki ring. (WC)
Microscopic
Features:[2]
- Inflamed squamous mucosa.
- Occasionally columnar epithelium.
DDx:[2]
Note:
- Histologic findings are nonspecific.
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ESOPHAGUS, BIOPSY: - SQUAMOUS MUCOSA WITH BASAL CELL HYPERPLASIA, INTRAEPITHELIAL EDEMA AND RARE INTRAEPITHELIAL EOSINOPHILS -- COMPATIBLE WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX. - COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM WITH MODERATE CHRONIC INACTIVE INFLAMMATION. - NEGATIVE FOR INTESTINAL METAPLASIA. - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
References
- ↑ Pezzullo, JC.; Lewicki, AM. (Sep 2003). "Schatzki ring, statistically reexamined.". Radiology 228 (3): 609-13. doi:10.1148/radiol.2283021162. PMID 12869689.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iacobuzio-Donahue, Christine A.; Montgomery, Elizabeth A. (2005). Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 11. ISBN 978-0443066573.