Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Dec 2017)

Phlegmonous Esophagitis Treated with Internal Drainage and Feeding Jejunostomy

  • Won Gi Woo,
  • Young Woo Do,
  • Geun Dong Lee,
  • Sung Soo Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.6.453
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 6
pp. 453 – 455

Abstract

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We report the case of a 67-year-old woman presenting with epigastric pain. Computed tomography identified diffuse phlegmonous esophagitis. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed multiple perforations in the mucosal layer of the esophagus. A large amount of pus was drained internally through the gut. The patient was treated with antibiotics and early jejunostomy feeding. Although phlegmonous esophagitis is a potentially fatal disease, the patient was successfully treated medically with only a minor complication (esophageal stricture).

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