SQUAMOUS PAPILLOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS-A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF 10CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Esophageal squamous papilloma (ESP) is considered to be a rare finding during endoscopy or autopsy. Over a 10 year period, 10 cases were ide ntified among 14,232 patients who were endoscoped in the King Khalid U niversity Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh. The calculated incidence was 0.07%. There were eight males and two females whose ages ranged from 24 to 6 5 years. The presenting symptoms were mostly dyspepsia and heartburn. All the ESPs were single growth, most of which were located in the low er segment of the esophagus. Immunoperoxidase staining was negative fo r human papilloma virus in all the tissue samples. It is calculated th at ESPs may not be very rare in the Saudi population. Awareness of its occurrence may lead to increasing diagnosis among endoscopy patients.