Ectopic gastric mucosa causing dysphagia due to strictures in a boy

Authors
Karnak, I Senocak, ME Akcoren, Z Buyukpamukcu, H Hicsonmez, A
Citation
I. Karnak et al., Ectopic gastric mucosa causing dysphagia due to strictures in a boy, EUR J PED S, 9(6), 1999, pp. 413-415
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
09397248 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
413 - 415
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-7248(199912)9:6<413:EGMCDD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Ectopic gastric mucosa in the upper esophagus has been reported previously in neonatal autopsy series and encountered in adult esophagoscopies. Despit e the usual asymptomatic course of the disease, symptomatic adults have bee n reported. However there is no report of a symptomatic child with ectopic gastric mucosa in the literature. A 12-year-old boy presenting with dysphagia due to strictures resulting fro m circular patches of ectopic gastric mucosa located in the mid esophagus i s reported.