Esophageal inlet patch. (Esophagoscopy clinic).
An inlet patch inlet patch GI disease A remnant of heterotopic but normal glandular epithelium, usually gastric, which may be found in the esophagus of otherwise asymptomatic subjects, which may be an embryonic rest. See Barrett's esophagus. is an area of heterotopic heterotopic
pertaining to heterotopia. gastric mucosa in the cervical esophagus (figure). Unlike Barrett's metaplasia metaplasia /meta·pla·sia/ (met?ah-pla´zhah) the change in the type of adult cells in a tissue to a form abnormal for that tissue. of the distal esophagus, its etiology is believed to be congenital rather than acquired. An inlet patch has no clinical significance.
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