Candy Cocaine Esophagus
| Autor: | Jeffrey G. Kegel, Matthew E. Cohen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Chest Pain medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Chest pain Esophagus otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Medicine Thermal injury business.industry Esophageal disease Smoking food and beverages Middle Aged medicine.disease Dysphagia Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Crack Cocaine medicine.symptom Burns Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Esophagitis Odynophagia |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 121:1701-1703 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.121.5.1701 |
| Popis: | Reversible thermal injury to the esophagus from drinking boiling-hot liquids has been reported to produce alternating pink and white linear bands that impart a "candy-cane" appearance to the inner esophageal wall. This injury has been associated with chest pain, dysphagia, odynophagia, and abdominal pain. We describe a case of candy-cane esophagus caused by thermal injury from smoking freebase cocaine, associated with left shoulder and arm pain, diaphoresis, hypotension, and transient cardiac ischemia. This case illustrates the importance of considering candy cane esophagus in the evaluation of chest pain, even when this symptom is suspected to be of cardiac origin. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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