Abstract:To summarize the endoscopic characteristic and pathological features of esophageal sebaceous glands, to improve the recognition and diagnosibility of clinician, endoscopic physicians and pathologists for this disease. Methods 5 cases from the first Bethune hospital of Jilin University, starting with gastrointestinal symptoms and 14 cases in the related domestic literatures were studied. Its endoscopy and clinicopathological manifestations were analyzed. Results Among the 19 patients, no clinical symptoms in two cases, others as abdominal discomfort, upper abdominal fullness, epigastric pain, retrosternal choked feeling, eating foreign body sensation, acid reflux and heartburn and so on. Sensation of retrosternal choked and eating foreign body sensation had strong correlation with this disease. There were no positive signs in this disease. Endoscopic diagnosis of the disease were: xanthoma (26.32%), lipoma (15.79%), esophageal nodular hyperplasia (5.26%), fungal esophagitis (5.26%), esophageal leukoplakia (5.26%) and so on. The disease, which had high rate of misdiagnosis, mostly is located in the middle and lower of esophagus (84.21%). All the patients were pathologically confirmed as esophageal ectopic sebaceous gland, the pathology was mature or immature sebaceous cell. Conclusion With no clinical specific symptoms, esophageal ectopic sebaceous gland is rarely clinical lesions and highly misdiagnosed. The differential diagnosis ability should be improved, especially with the identification of superficial esophageal cancer. The diagnosis of the disease depends on endoscopy and biopsy. The disease has a favorable prognosis.