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===Candidiasis===
===Candidiasis===
Microscopic:
====Gross (endoscopic)====
Features:
*White patches.
 
====Microscopic====
Features:
*Worm-like micro-organisms.
*Worm-like micro-organisms.
**Pseudohyphae (single cells).
**Thickness ~ 1/3-1/2 of squamous cell nucleus.
**Should be within (squamous) epithelium.
***On top of epithelium does not count,<ref>ALS. 4 October 2010.</ref> i.e. it is likely an artifact.


Image: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esophageal_candidiasis_(2)_PAS_stain.jpg Esophageal candidiasis (WC)].
Image: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esophageal_candidiasis_(2)_PAS_stain.jpg Esophageal candidiasis (WC)].
===Cytomegalovirus esophagitis===
*[[AKA]] CMV esophagitis.
Clinical:
*Classically at the base of the ulcer; within endothelial cells.
===Herpes esophagitis===
====General====
Etiology:
*Herpes simplex virus.
====Microscopic====
Features (3 Ms):
*'''M'''oulding.
*'''M'''ultinucleation.
*'''M'''argination of chromatin.
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herpes_esophagitis_-_very_high_mag.jpg HSV esophagitis - very high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herpes_esophagitis_-_intermed_mag.jpg HSV esophagitis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
===Human papilloma virus esophagitis===
General:
*[[AKA]] HPV esophagitis.
====Microscopic====
Features:
*Koilocytes:
** Perinuclear clearing.
** Nuclear changes.
*** Size similar (or larger) to those in the basal layer of the epithelium.
*** Nuclear enlargement should be evident on low power, i.e. 25x. [7]
*** Central location - nucleus should be smack in the middle of the cell.
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Low-grade_squamous_intraepithelial_lesion.jpg LSIL (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Low-grade_sil_and_endocx.jpg LSIL & endocervix (WC)].


==Barrett's esophagus==
==Barrett's esophagus==
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