Esophageal xanthoma: presence of M2 macrophages suggests association with late inflammatory and reparative processes
Esophageal xanthoma is a rare lesion which is an asymptomatic small yellowish polyp, and most of the reported cases were solitary lesion.Histologically, aggregations of foam cells are found under the papillary hypertrophic squamous epithelium and the foam cells express CD68.The etiology of esophageal xanthoma is unknown.The focal irritation of the