Nodular Esophageal Xanthoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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(a) Squamous and gastric mucosa with foamy histiocytes in the lamina propria (low and high power). (b) CD68 stain (low and high power) staining histiocytes brown in lamina propria. (c) A negative AE1/AE3 stain ruling out an epithelial lesion (carcinoma) as shown by staining the epithelium but the histiocytes in the lamina propria were negative. (d) A negative mucicarmine special stain ruling out signet ring cell carcinoma.

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