Glycogenic acanthosis on mouth clinically present as white plaque

• Main Authors: Maykon Kennedy SCHULZ (Author), Mariel Ruivo BIANCARDI (Author), Darcy FERNANDES (Author), Luciana Yamamoto de ALMEIDA (Author), Andreia BUFALINO (Author), Jorge Esquiche LEON (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Glycogenic acanthosis is a benign condition, commonly observed during endoscopic procedures in older patients, which present as slightly elevated whitish plaques often on the lower third of the oesophagus. Microscopically, glycogenic acanthosis is composed of hyperplastic squamous epithelium with in...