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Table 1 Clinical and histologic findings of 45 patients with esophageal granular cell tumor

From: Esophageal granular cell tumor and eosinophils: a multicenter experience

Patient no.

Age (yr)

Sex

Clinical symptom(s)

eGCT atypical feature(s)

Peak Eos/HPF in GCT

Peak Eos/HPF in lamina propria

Peak Eos/HPF in overlying epithelium

1

50

F

GERD

None

2

9

2

2

53

F

GERD

Mild increased nuclear size

4

10

5

3

58

F

GERD

None

0

0

0

4

53

M

GERD

None

49

43

2

5

41

F

Reflux

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic

20

1

1

6

50

M

Reflux

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli

26

15

0

7

40

M

Heartburn, anemia, vomiting

None

0

2

0

8

49

F

Heartburn, Dysphagia

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli

0

NA

0

9

52

M

GERD

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli

33

39

0

10

48

F

Reflux and dyspepsia

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic

0

4

0

11

58

F

GERD and pain

None

0

1

1

12

45

M

Heartburn and dysphagia

None

0

NA

0

13

33

M

GERD, diarrhea, weight loss

Increased nuclear size

1

NA

0

14

61

M

Barrett and duodenal adenoma

Increased nuclear sizea

0

0

0

15

45

M

Barrett

None

2

6

1

16

50

M

Barrett

Increased nuclear size

13

8

60

17

66

M

Long segment Barrett

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic, spindlinga

6

5

NA

18

48

F

Atypical chest pain

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic, spindlinga

112

18

0

19

33

F

EoE and dysphagia

Increased nuclear size

2

1

82

20

52

M

Varices screen

Mild spindling

8

0

0

21

68

F

Nausea

None

8

0

1

22

53

F

Gastric bypass

Increased nuclear size, spindling

24

0

1

23

50

F

Dysphagia

None

7

3

1

24

56

M

Dysphagia and weight loss

None

1

NA

0

25

57

F

Hematemesis

Increased nuclear size, spindling

14

3

0

26

39

F

Odynophagia

None

1

NA

1

27

73

F

Anemia

None

0

NA

0

28

42

F

Gastric bypass

None

4

5

1

29

52

M

Esophageal SCC

None

5

NA

49

30

57

F

Pain and anemia

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic

37

30

4

31

44

F

chronic pancreatitis

None

11

NA

1

32

48

F

Dysphagia

None

35

12

5

33

30

M

Melena

None

0

0

1

34

55

F

NA

None

4

8

0

35

54

F

Esophageal stricture

None

29

NA

7

36

55

F

Dysphagia and lichen planus

None

1

NA

0

37

49

F

Anemia

None

0

NA

0

38

54

M

Anemia

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli

11

29

NA

39

48

M

Dysphagia, prior GCT history

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic, spindling

12

51

0

40

47

F

Dyspepsia and anemia

None

0

0

0

41

51

F

Dysphagia

Increased nuclear size

3

NA

0

42

47

F

Diarrhea, n/v, pain

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli, pleomorphic

6

3

0

43

42

F

Prior GCT history

None

3

8

1

44

41

F

Prior GCT history

Increased nuclear size, nucleoli

2

1

0

45

55

M

Dysphagia, dyspepsia and vomiting

None

7

0

7

  1. Abbreviations: F Female, M Male, NA Not available, n/v Nausea and vomiting, Eos Eosinophils
  2. aGoblet cell metaplasia