Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of esophageal leukoplakia: clinical case

Esophageal leukoplakia is an extremely rare pathological condition of the esophageal mucosa and, at the same time, a lesion that has a high potential for malignization. Currently, there are no generally accepted recommendations for the treatment of patients diagnosed with leukoplakia. However, modern endoscopic techniques allows not only to diagnose this pathology with high accuracy, but also is one of the methods of radical treatment. This clinical observation demonstrates the results of endoscopic diagnosis of esophageal leukoplakia and the option of surgical treatment by argon-plasma coagulation.