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Clinical data from five subjects with pill-induced esophageal strictures and from the English-language literature on pill-induced esophageal damage were reviewed to determine risk factors for stricture development and to characterize this complication. Including our five cases, 195 patients with

A retrospective study of 55 patients with a benign esophageal stricture showed that in 11 patients (20%) the cause was a drug-induced lesion due to potassium chloride (3), tetracyclines (3), aspirin (2), vitamin C (1), phenytoin (1), and quinidine (1). Five of the 11 patients would have been

A retrospective clinical study was performed to determine the incidence, management, and outcome of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) caused by caustic ingestion in children. Of 220 patients who sustained caustic substance ingestion and were treated at our unit between 1976 and 1996, 168 ingested

Accidental ingestion and impaction of disc batteries in the esophagus has been a constant predictor of severe morbidity presumably due to leakage of highly caustic potassium or sodium hydroxide contained in these electric cells. Fewer than ten reports of esophageal burns from disc battery ingestion

White globe appearance has recently been identified as a novel endoscopic marker useful in the diagnosis of early gastric cancer. Recently, this lesion has also been reported in the noncancerous stomach, including cases with autoimmune atrophic gastritis, although the clinical significance remains

A 14-month-old boy with severe esophageal strictures following ingestion of potassium hydroxide is described. Initially, treatment was by surgical bougienage but following esophageal perforation, 65 balloon dilatations were performed over an 8-month period using a retrograde approach via a feeding

OBJECTIVE Pill-induced esophageal injury is a common but under-reported problem. The purpose of this study was to explore the clinical and endoscopic features, and the outcome of pill-related esophageal injury. METHODS Endoscopy records for the period from January 1997 to June 2003 were searched for

The purpose of this animal study was to investigate the histopathologic consequences of esophageal exposure to a variety of medications known to be injurious to the human esophagus. Twenty-four New Zealand white rabbits were utilized. Tablets or control plastic beads were secured to a silk suture