Oesophageal lesions at autopsy in black children.
Oesophagi of black children dying from a variety of diseases examined at autopsy showed features of chronic oesophagitis and atypical basal cell hyperplasia in a significant percentage of cases. The possible significance of this finding in relation to carcinoma of the oesophagus is discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013019:South Africa