esophageal leukoplakia
Findings
No curated finding names esophageal leukoplakia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare condition that usually affects the middle-to-distal esophagus in middle-aged and elderly people. There is usually a history of tobacco smoking or alcohol intake. Dysphagia is the presenting symptom. Morphologically, the lesions are well-demarcated and are characterized by epithelial hyperplasia, thickened basal layer, prominent granular cell layer, and hyperorthokeratosis. In a minority of patients this condition is associated with adjacent high-grade squamous dysplasia and/or squamous cell carcinoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004697), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
8 names
Resolves to: esophageal leukoplakia
- Also called
- esophageal epidermoid metaplasiaesophageal leukoplakia (disease)esophagus leukoplakialeukoplakia of esophagusleukoplakia of oesophagusleukoplakia of the esophagusleukoplakia of the oesophagusoesophagus leukoplakia