| Autor: |
Watkinson AF; Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, BC., Vretenar DF, Morrison MD, Burhenne HJ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes [Can Assoc Radiol J] 1994 Apr; Vol. 45 (2), pp. 140-2. |
| Abstrakt: |
The authors describe a 35-year-old man who has had benign mucous membrane pemphigoid from the age of 12 years. Upper esophageal stricture, a rare complication of the syndrome, developed when he was 24 years old. This recurrent condition has been followed for 11 years. It was treated initially, for 6 years, with esophagoscopy and bougie dilatation. Balloon dilatation under fluoroscopic guidance was then substituted for bougienage; this procedure has been performed successfully 10 times over the last 5 years and remains the patient's preferred treatment. The mean period for recurrence of symptoms has been 5 months. Several previous reports of this condition describe treatment with esophagoscopy and bougie dilatation, but there has been no previous report of interventional radiology with balloon dilatation. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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