title: Successful Treatment of a Persistent Esophageal Lichen Planus Stricture With a Fully Covered Metal Stent.
abstract: We report a case of a 51-year-old woman with an esophageal lichen planus (ELP) stricture refractory to medical therapy and endoscopic stricture dilation. A multidisciplinary decision was made to place an esophageal fully covered metal stent. The stent was removed 6 weeks later and the patient is doing well on 3-month follow up. We show that a removable esophageal stent is an option after standard medical therapy and endoscopic dilations fail. This is the first reported use of an esophageal stent for therapy of an ELP stricture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
authors.forename: Hina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
authors.forename: Divyesh V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Sejpal
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.
authors.forename: Arvind J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Trindade