Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2000 Feb;20(2):119-123.
A Case of Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Inha University College of Medicine, Sungnam, Korea.
Abstract
- Phlegmonous esophagitis is an uncommon disease characterized by purulent infection of the esophageal wall, sparing the mucosa. Bacterial infection of the eosphagus is usually presented as a superimposed infection upon a preexisting viral or fungal esophagitis and most victims are immunocompromised hosts. A case was experienced involving an acute phlegmonous esophagitis in an 21-year-old man who was immunologically normal and whose main symptoms were epigastric pain and fever for one day. Esophagographic examination revealed a large ulceration of the eosphagus with exudation, and submucosal lesions. Due to its rarity, this case is herein reported with a review of the corresponding literature.
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