Cervical inlet patch: a rare, or common but neglected lesion in the cervical esophagus?

Cervical inlet patch (CIP) is defined as a heterotopic gastric columnar mucosa in the cervical esophagus was originally reported in 1905. Materials and methods: In 2005, 195 patients were examined by esophagoscopy because of suspected Barrett's esophagus and CIP was searched in aware of the possibility of this unusual lesion. Biopsy specimens underwent histopathological examination together with immunohistochemical investigation using Cox-2, Muc-5AC and Muc 2 antibodies. Results: 4 patients (3 females and one male) of 195 (2%) proved to have incidental CIP with median age of 52 in contrast to the one female CIP-…