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- Title
Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa in the Upper Esophagus ("Inlet Patch"): A Rare Cause of Esophageal Perforation.
- Authors
Sánchez-Pernaute, Andrés; Hernando, Florentino; Díez-Valladares, Luis; González, Oscar; Aguirre, Elia Pérez; Furió, Vicente; Remezal, Manuel; Torres, Antonio; Balibrea, José Luis
- Abstract
We report the case of a 21-yr-old woman who presented with a perforation of an upper esophageal ulcer on a patch of gastric-type mucosa. Despite surgical closure of the perforation and reinforcement with a pleuro-muscular flap the patient developed an esophageal leakage and died in the postoperative period. Heterotopic gastric mucosa in the upper esophagus is usually an asymptomatic abnormality, discovered incidentally during endoscopic studies carried out for some other reason; however, complications secondary to the inlet patch acid secreting capacity can arise, and this has to be kept in mind to elude life-threatening conditions.
- Subjects
ESOPHAGUS diseases; GASTRIC mucosa; GASTROINTESTINAL diseases; DISEASES in women; GASTROENTEROLOGY
- Publication
American Journal of Gastroenterology (Springer Nature), 1999, Vol 94, Issue 10, p3047
- ISSN
0002-9270
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01458.x