Difference between revisions of "Glycogenic acanthosis of the esophagus"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
more general, refs
(→‎Images: +add)
(more general, refs)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Glycogenic acanthosis of the esophagus''' is a benign uncommon change of the [[esophagus]].
'''Glycogenic acanthosis of the esophagus''' is an uncommon benign change of the [[esophagus]] with a distinctive endoscopic appearance.


==General==
==General==
*Uncommon.
*Uncommon - seen 3.5% of consecutive 2328 upper endoscopies.<ref name=pmid8409304>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vadva | first1 = MD. | last2 = Triadafilopoulos | first2 = G. | title = Glycogenic acanthosis of the esophagus and gastroesophageal reflux. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 79-83 | month = Jul | year = 1993 | doi =  | PMID = 8409304 }}</ref>
*Benign.
*Benign.<ref name=pmid25632181>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tsai | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Lin | first2 = CC. | last3 = Chang | first3 = CW. | last4 = Hung | first4 = CY. | last5 = Shieh | first5 = TY. | last6 = Wang | first6 = HY. | last7 = Shih | first7 = SC. | last8 = Chen | first8 = MJ. | title = Benign esophageal lesions: endoscopic and pathologic features. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 21 | issue = 4 | pages = 1091-8 | month = Jan | year = 2015 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v21.i4.1091 | PMID = 25632181 }}</ref>
*May be associated with [[GERD]];<ref name=pmid8409304/> however, lesions do not resolve with [[PPI]] treatment.<ref name=pmid25632181/>
*Possible association with ingestion of hot liquids.<ref name=pmid20524767/>
*Possible association with ingestion of hot liquids.<ref name=pmid20524767/>


Line 11: Line 12:
===Image===
===Image===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glycogenic_acanthosis.jpg Glycogenic acanthosis (WP)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glycogenic_acanthosis.jpg Glycogenic acanthosis (WP)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306152/figure/F6/ Glycogenic acanthosis (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid25632181/>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Line 33: Line 35:
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Esophagus]].
*[[Esophagus]].
*[[Gastroesophageal reflux disease]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Gastrointestinal pathology]]
[[Category:Gastrointestinal pathology]]
48,835

edits

Navigation menu