Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2009 Jan;38(1):20-23.
A Case of Esophageal Anthracosis with Polypoid Features
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Hospital Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. esjung@catholic.ac.kr
Abstract
- Anthracosis mostly occurs at the lung and esophageal anthracosis has rarely been reported. As a result, the pathogenesis and prognosis of esophageal anthracosis is currently unclear. In previous reports, esophageal anthracosis has been mostly observed as relatively flat lesions that require differentiation from malignant melanoma. We report here on a case of esophageal anthracosis with polypoid features in a seventy year old male patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient had undergone endoscopic examination and a 1 cm sized black polypoid lesion was observed. Pathology revealed macrophages phagocyting black carbon pigments beneath the mucosal epithelium and the diagnosis of esophageal anthracosis was made.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Hepatic Anthracosis: A case report
- Charcoal-induced anthracosis of the terminal ileum
- A Case of Polypoid Esophageal Carcinosarcoma with Spontaneous Resected Stalk
- Sequential Endoscopic Findings of a Tuberculous Esophageal Ulcer that Developed into a Traction Diverticulum
- Paranasal Sinusitis Occurred by Anthracosis
