Case Report of a Proposed, Novel, Endoscopic "Whitehead Pimple" Sign of Ectopic Esophageal Sebaceous Glands Based on Their Mimicking the Dermatologic and Histopathologic Characteristics of Cutaneous Whitehead Pimples/Closed Comedones

Amy Le^#^{1

2}, Mitual Amin^{1

3}, Mitchell S Cappell^#^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
² Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA. Mitchell.Cappell@Beaumont.edu.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, MOB #602, 3535 W. Thirteen Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA. Mitchell.Cappell@Beaumont.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

Case Reports

Amy Le et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;64(7):2049-2053.

doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05487-9. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

Amy Le^#^{1

2}, Mitual Amin^{1

3}, Mitchell S Cappell^#^{4

5}

¹ Department of Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
² Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA. Mitchell.Cappell@Beaumont.edu.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak, MOB #602, 3535 W. Thirteen Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA. Mitchell.Cappell@Beaumont.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Comedones; Ectopic sebaceous glands; Endoscopic sign; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Esophagus; Fordyce spots.

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