[Are loss of glistening of normal colour and increased friability normal aspects of the oesophagus in old age? (author's transl)].
Friability of the esophageal mucosq increases with old age. Old patients without esophageal disease also show loss of glistening and of the normal pink color of the mucosa. These findings on their own are therefore no signs of esophagitis,
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
Glanzverlust, Farbveränderungen und erhöhte Lädierbarkeit der Speiseröhre: altersbedingte Normvarianten?