Esophageal Stricture Resulting from Systemic Chemotherapy for Solid Malignancy

Although dysphagia in patients treated for malignancy is usually related to reflux esophagitis, infectious esophagitis, malignant infiltration, or as a complication of radiation therapy, acute esophageal stricture resulting from chemotherapy is very rare. Only 2 prior cases have been described in th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:ACG case reports journal 2017, Vol.4 (1), p.e99
Main Authors: Sedhom, Daniel, Sedhom, Ramy, Mishra, Avantika, Razjouyan, Hadie, Rustgi, Vinod
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Report
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Although dysphagia in patients treated for malignancy is usually related to reflux esophagitis, infectious esophagitis, malignant infiltration, or as a complication of radiation therapy, acute esophageal stricture resulting from chemotherapy is very rare. Only 2 prior cases have been described in the treatment of an adult patient with malignancy. We present a unique case of isolated chemotherapy-induced esophageal stricture in a patient receiving treatment for metastatic testicular seminoma without prior history of gastroesophageal reflux disease, caustic ingestion, or other risk factors for esophageal stricture formation.
ISSN:2326-3253
2326-3253
DOI:10.14309/crj.2017.99