Caustic Injury and Stricture of the Esophagus After Long-Term Phenytoin Use.
ACG Case Rep J
; 2(2): 83-5, 2015 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
A 50-year-old man with a history of epilepsy controlled with phenytoin presented for evaluation of dysphagia. History revealed the patient was taking his phenytoin daily without water. Barium esophagram showed severe stricturing of the mid-esophagus. Upper endoscopy revealed diffuse gross mucosal abnormality with a thick stricture and occasional exudate. Biopsies were consistent with a drug-induced injury with lymphocytic infiltration and epithelial cell necrosis.
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