Previously Unreported Esophageal Lymphoid Polyp in a Child: A Case Report with Histopathology

Abstract

Introduction: Benign esophageal tumors are uncommon; most are detected by chance upon endoscopy. Lymphoid polyps, like those of the small and large intestine, have not been reported to occur in the esophagus. We describe an esophageal benign lymphoid polyp. Case Report: A 7.5-year-old girl was referred with dysphagia. Upper endoscopy demonstrated and removed a single small pedunculated polyp in the upper third of the esophagus. The polyp consisted of two hyperplastic lymphoid aggregates in the lamina propria covered by stratified non-keratinizing squamous epithelium. Discussion: Esophageal polyps may be produced by hyperplastic lymphoid tissue and may be a cause of dysphagia.

Keywords:

• Lymphoid polyp
• esophagus
• pediatric
• case report
• gastrointestinal

Acknowledgement

Hereby, we thank Mr Alireza Nourbakhsh for his kind technical support.

Authors’ contributions

Fatemeh Elham Mahjoub and Fariba Seighaly identified the case, Fatemeh Elham Mahjoub performed pathological examination; Fatemeh Elham Mahjoub and Maryam Mirahmad and Pooria Asili wrote the original draft of manuscript; Pooria Asili and Fatemeh Elham Mahjoub edited the manuscript. Fariba Seighaly revised some sections. All authors have read and agreed the final manuscript.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Ethics statement

An informed consent was obtained from the parents of the child for reporting clinical history and images.

Funding

The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.