A Large Symmetrical Esophageal Ulcer Caused by Thermal and Compressive Injury from a Solid Foodstuff Known as 'Song-Pyen'.
- Author:
Goeng Bae KIM
1
;
Jae Jin JEONG
;
Sul PARK
;
Jae Ee KO
;
Sang Hoon KO
;
Hyoun Mo KANG
;
Gye Sung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. gilee@sunhospital.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Esophagitis;
Ulcer;
Thermal injury
- MeSH:
Eating;
Esophageal Neoplasms;
Esophagitis;
Esophagitis, Peptic;
Radiation Injuries;
Syphilis;
Tuberculosis;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;82(5):589-593
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
There are many possible causes of esophageal ulcer, such as reflux esophagitis, pill-induced esophagitis, infectious esophagitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, Behcet's disease, radiation injury, caustic injury, foreign body-induced injury, esophageal cancer, and so on. However, there are only a few cases of esophageal ulcer by thermal injury from food, and most of these were caused by liquids; few are related to ingestion of solid food. We experienced a case of a large symmetrical esophageal ulcer caused by thermal and compressive injury from a hot solid foodstuff known as 'Song-pyen', a traditional Korean food, and report the natural course of healing by conservative treatment, with a review of the few available reports regarding such injuries.
