Acute thermal injury of the esophagus from solid food: clinical course and endoscopic findings.
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.
Chung
Woo Chul
WC
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Paik
Chang Nyol
CN
Jung
Ji Han
JH
Kim
Jin Dong
JD
Lee
Kang-Moon
KM
Yang
Jin Mo
JM
D000818:Animals; D004724:Endoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005502:Food; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014945:Wound Healing