A rare cause of dysphagia in a young Caucasian man
| Autor: | Moira Ragazzi, M. Cavina, Paolo Cecinato, Romano Sassatelli, Ramona Zecchini |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Endoscope Lumen (anatomy) Young Adult Esophagus otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Young adult Eosinophilic esophagitis Past medical history medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gastroenterology Eosinophilic Esophagitis medicine.disease Dysphagia Endoscopy Surgery Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure medicine.symptom business Deglutition Disorders |
| Popis: | A 23-years-old Caucasian man was admitted to our institution for progressive weight loss and dysphagia. His past medical history was apparently unremarkable, including his laboratory tests, except for the presence of uninvestigated episodes of dysphagia he had since childhood. The patient performed a barium oesophagogram which showed oesophageal dysmotility (figure 1A) followed by an oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, demonstrating the presence of multiple tubular duplications of the middle and distal third of the oesophagus, with a contextual stricture of the lumen crossable only with ultrathin endoscope (GIF XP160; Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) (figure 2 and see online supplementary video 1). The gastroduodenal mucosa appeared regular. Multiple biopsies of the proximal two-thirds of the oesophagus were performed. A thoracic CT … |
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