ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE CAUSED BY A MOTRIN TABLET (IBUPROFEN)

Authors
LEVINE MS BORISLOW SM RUBESIN SE OBRIEN C
Citation
Ms. Levine et al., ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE CAUSED BY A MOTRIN TABLET (IBUPROFEN), Abdominal imaging, 19(1), 1994, pp. 6-7
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1994)19:1<6:ESCBAM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A 37-year-old man experienced acute odynophagia after ingesting a sing le tablet of Motrin (ibuprofen, 800 mg). Because the pill was swallowe d without water, a transient delay in its passage through the esophagu s resulted in localized mucosal inflammation and a drug-induced strict ure.