Lymphocytic esophagitis: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Figure 2 Histopathologic findings. A: Normal esophageal mucosa with stratified squamous epithelium and no inflammatory cells present; B: Lymphocytic esophagitis with marked spongiosis and intraepithelial lymphocyte infiltration in basal and peripapillary fields. No granulocytes present (reproduced from ref. [3]).