Acute Thermal Injury of the Esophagus from Solid Food: Clinical Course and Endoscopic Findings.
10.3346/jkms.2010.25.3.489
- Author:
Woo Chul CHUNG
1
;
Chang Nyol PAIK
;
Ji Han JUNG
;
Jin Dong KIM
;
Kang Moon LEE
;
Jin Mo YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. cmcu@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Acute Thermal Injury;
Esophagus;
Solid Food
- MeSH:
Animals;
*Endoscopy;
Esophagus/*pathology;
*Food;
Hot Temperature/*adverse effects;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Wound Healing
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2010;25(3):489-491
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 53-yr-old man presented with a two-day history of odynophagia and a foreign body sensation. Two days before admission, the patient began to experience odynophagia and a foreign body sensation in the chest after swallowing several extremely hot pieces of solid food (prawn) in haste. Endoscopy revealed a huge longitudinal ulcer, typical of friable hyperemic mucosa with necrotic debris along the full length of the esophagus in the posterolateral region. Here we present the clinical course of serial endoscopy of an acute thermal injury of the esophagus caused by solid food.
