Medication-induced oesophageal injury leading to broncho-oesophageal fistula.
Medication-induced oesophageal injury is one of the least recognised side-effects of oral medication and, in contrast to other oesophageal pathologies, is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain. We describe a case of medication-induced oesophageal injury with a rare complication in which the diagnosis was not considered until the characteristic features were demonstrated at endoscopy.
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Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire, UK.
Greenway
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D000368:Aged; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000150:complications*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed