Case Report

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

Table 1

Characteristics of reported esophageal xanthomas.

NumberAuthor(s)Sex/age
(years)
LocationNumber of lesionsSize
(mm)
Macroscopic findingsAssociated medical history

(1)Remmele and Engelsing [4]Male/54Upper110Yellow spotGastrectomy
(2)Stolte and Seifert [5]Male/45Middle3<1Yellow flat elevationsHyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus
(3)Vimala et al. [6]Female/37LowerMultiple2–5Yellowish nodularGastric xanthoma
(4)Hirokawa et al. [1]Female/52Lower12Yellowish granularDuodenal ulcer
(5)Hirokawa et al. [1]Male/67Lower12Yellow spotsHepatocellular carcinoma, hypertension
(6)Herrera-Goepfert et al. [7]Male/61Middle15VerruciformNon-Hodgkin lymphoma of the testis
(7)Gencosmanoglu et al. [2]Not specifiedNot specifiedMultiple<5Yellow-white colored plaquesNot specified
(8)Gencosmanoglu et al. [2]Not specifiedNot specified1<5Yellow-white colored plaquesNot specified
(9)Gencosmanoglu et al. [2]Male/49Lower13Yellowish elevated granular lesionAtrophic gastritis
(10)Arima [8]Male/74Middle14Yellowish white patchNot specified
(11)Arima [8]Male/74Upper12Whitish protruding lesionNot specified
(12)Licci et al. [9]Male/49Upper13VerruciformNot specified
(13)Becheanu et al. [10]Male/72Lower13Yellowish elevated granular lesionAtrophic gastritis
(14)Arima [8]Female/56Lower14Yellowish elevated lesionBiermer anemia, antral hyperplastic polyp with focal adenocarcinoma, atrophic gastritis
(15)Min et al. [11]Female/74Middle13VerruciformAtrophic gastritis, hyperlipidemia, dementia
(16)Salamanca et al. [12]Male/70Upper120VerruciformHypertension, HCV, hemochromatosis, glottis cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, tracheal cancer
(17)Park et al. [13]Male/67Lower12White-yellowish elevated lesionIleocecal lymphoma
(18)Bang et al. [14]Male/70Upper13Yellowish granular elevated lesionGastric and duodenal ulcer
(19)Tsai et al. [15]Male/62Middle and lowerMultiple2–10Well-defined, fern-like, and yellowish lesionsNot specified
(20)Díaz Del Arco et al. [16]Female/56Lower113Sessile polyp with white vascular surfaceSegmental pneumonectomy for bronchiectasis, partial fundoplication for GERD
(21)Our caseFemale/60Lower11Polyp/noduleDiabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, tubular colonic adenoma