Infectious esophagitis may be caused by fungal, viral, bacterial or even parasitic agents. Risk factors include antibiotics and steroids use, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, malignancies and immunodeficiency syndromes including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Acute onset of symptoms such as dysphagia and odynophagia is typical. It can coexist with heartburn, retrosternal discomfort, ...

The occurrence of chronic esophagitis, considered a precursor condition for esophageal cancer, among persons 15 to 26 yr of age and risk factors for the disease were investigated in Huixian, Henan Province, a high-risk area for esophageal cancer in the People's Republic of China. The 538 study subjects underwent an esophagoscopy with guided biopsies and cytology, a physical examination, an inte...

TO THE EDITOR: I appreciate the interest and comments on our paper, which was published in October 2013 issue of this journal. As you have commented, non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) is known as heterogeneous group from pathophysiological aspect. In our paper, NERD is defined as patients with typical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) such as heartburn or acid regurgitation wit...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to estimate the rate of clinical and endoscopic relapse after initial treatment of erosive peptic esophagitis in children and adolescents. METHODS A total of 24 patients (2.1-16.4 years old, mean ± standard deviation [SD] 9.9 ± 3.1; male:female 3) with healed endoscopic erosive esophagitis and without gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-predispos...

Lymphocytic Esophagitis (LyE) is a type of chronic esophagitis defined by three histologic characteristics: 1) dense peripapillary lymphocytic infiltrates in the esophageal squamous mucosa (termed Peripapillary Lymphocytosis), 2) little to no intraepithelial granulocytes within these areas of focus and 3) the presence of spongiosis, or intercellular edema, of the squamous epithelial cells speci...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is investigating the association of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and its cytotoxic-associated gene A (cagA) strain with reflux esophagitis. METHODS In a case-control setting (May 2005-2006), patients with reflux esophagitis (case group) were compared with age and gender matched people suffering from symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease with ...

BACKGROUND Late complications of esophageal atresia (EA), particularly esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus, are increasingly being recognized. With the exception of patients with dysphagia associated with esophageal stricture, it is unknown whether patient symptomatology can predict endoscopic findings. METHODS Data regarding the digestive symptoms of patients who were referred to the EA mult...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the functional and oncological outcomes of proximal gastrectomy (PG) in comparison with total gastrectomy (TG) for upper-third early gastric cancer (EGC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of upper-third EGC patients who had undergone PG (n=192) or TG (n=157) were reviewed. The PG group was further subdivided into patients who had undergone conventional op...

Acute corrosive poisonings cause severe chemical injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract, the most common location being the esophagus and the stomach. There are different opinions concerning the question of taking food and liquids by mouth immediately after caustic ingestion. This prospective study comprised 146 patients aged between 14 and 75 years divided in two groups. In the examined ...

Eosinophilic esophagitis is an inflammatory condition, causing dysphagia, food impaction and chest pain. A minimum of 15 eosinophils per high power field by esophageal biopsy is necessary for diagnosis. It has become an increasingly important cause of gastrointestinal morbidity in the past two decades. A 14 year old boy had received a diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis elsewhere at the age o...