| Literature DB >> 6832554 |
A Papazian, J P Capron, J P Ducroix, J L Dupas, C Quenum, P Besson.
Abstract
A 47-yr-old man presented with dysphagia 4 yr after mediastinal radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. X-ray series, fiberoptic endoscopy, and computerized transverse tomography showed mucosal bridges in the upper esophagus. Histologically, these bridges were constituted from normal epithelium overlying a chronic inflammatory lamina propria, without evidence of Hodgkin's disease recurrence or of squamous cell carcinoma. Swallowing was improved by endoscopic electrocoagulation and Eder-Puestow dilatations. Several arguments favor the hypothesis that these mucosal bridges were the late sequelae of radiation esophagitis.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID： 6832554
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastroenterology ISSN： 0016-5085 Impact factor: 22.682