High-grade dysplasia, restricted to the basal cell layer involving the entire esophagus.

This report presents a case involving a unique observation of a high-grade squamous dysplasia involving the entire esophagus. Dysplastic cells were located exclusively in the basal portion of the esophageal squamous epithelium. The findings were documented using histologic analysis of the step-biopsies from the entire esophagus, histologic examination of the esophagectomy-specimen, immunohistochemical analysis, and molecular pathologic analysis of the p53 gene.