title: Acute thermal injury of the esophagus from solid food: clinical course and endoscopic findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Woo Chul
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Chang Nyol
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Paik
authors.forename: Ji Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Jin Dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kang-Moon
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin Mo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: 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