Abstract
We report three cases of the ectopic sebaceous glands in the esophagus diagnosed by panendoscopy and biopsy. Each cases showed multiple, minute, jellowish and grannular elevated lesions endoscopically at the middle esophagus and diagnosed by histological examination of endoscopic biopsies. Esophagogram revealed multiple marginal filling defect with barium fleck. In 1978, Remakrishnan reported the first cases in which the ectopic sebaceous glands were observed endoscopically. It had been reported 29 cases of the ectopic sebaceous glands in Japan. We consider that the incidence of the ectopic sebaceous glands in the esophagus is not rare and the detection will be increased if we perform endoscopy carefully.
