Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Ectopic sebaceous glands occur rarely in the esophagus. A 65-year-old man presented with a history of discomfort during swallowing since the last 4 months. On upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, multiple wart-like grayish-yellow projections were detected and two of them were biopsied. Microscopically,...

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Autores principales: Bhat, Ramachandra V., Ramaswamy, Rupnarayan R., Yelagondahally, Lakshmana Kumar C.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568506
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.39624
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description Ectopic sebaceous glands occur rarely in the esophagus. A 65-year-old man presented with a history of discomfort during swallowing since the last 4 months. On upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, multiple wart-like grayish-yellow projections were detected and two of them were biopsied. Microscopically, they proved to be sebaceous glands in the esophagus. Histogenesis of this rare lesion is discussed in this case report.
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spelling pubmed-27028972009-06-30 Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature Bhat, Ramachandra V. Ramaswamy, Rupnarayan R. Yelagondahally, Lakshmana Kumar C. Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report Ectopic sebaceous glands occur rarely in the esophagus. A 65-year-old man presented with a history of discomfort during swallowing since the last 4 months. On upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, multiple wart-like grayish-yellow projections were detected and two of them were biopsied. Microscopically, they proved to be sebaceous glands in the esophagus. Histogenesis of this rare lesion is discussed in this case report. Medknow Publications 2008-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2702897/ /pubmed/19568506 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.39624 Text en © Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bhat, Ramachandra V.
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Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Ectopic Sebaceous Glands in the Esophagus: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort ectopic sebaceous glands in the esophagus: a case report and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568506
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.39624
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