Esophageal stricture following electrical injury.
Esophageal injury resulting from electrical shock is rare. Stricture of esophagus following external electrical injury has not been reported yet. We report a 24-year-old electric lineman who developed esophageal stricture following external electrical shock. He responded to dilatation with Savary-Gilliard dilators.
Hassan
Syed Ibrahim
SI
Department of Gastroenterology, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Uma Devi
M
M
Kumar
P Shravan
PS
Kumar
B Ramesh
BR
Reddy
K Venugopal
KV
Nageshwar
K
K
D000328:Adult; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male