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Nonneoplastic Pathologies of the Esophagus

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Abstract

Nonneoplastic conditions of the esophagus include a plethora of disorders ranging from congenital/structural abnormalities, inflammatory, infectious conditions, traumatic, vascular, drug-induced changes to esophageal involvement in systemic diseases. Some of the entities are common, and a few can be reliably diagnosed by radiologic and endoscopic examination precluding the need for tissue diagnosis. However, in most of the conditions, histopathologic assessment is important for diagnosis and appropriate management. Some of the nonneoplastic lesions in the esophagus are rare and fascinating such as esophageal melanosis, leukoplakia, and heterotopias, and knowledge of them also is imperative for recognition and accurate diagnosis.

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Paulose, R., Viswanath, N., Gopalakrishna, R. (2022). Nonneoplastic Pathologies of the Esophagus. In: Das, P., Majumdar, K., Datta Gupta, S. (eds) Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6395-6_7

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