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Although gastroesophageal reflux disease is sometimes associated with esophageal ulcer and/or mucosal erosion, acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding from an esophageal ulcer is uncommon. We report a case of acute gastrointestinal bleeding from one of multiple esophageal ulcers in extensive Barrett's esophagus in the postoperative period after low anterior resection performed for descending colon carcinoma...
Norman Barrett originally described two special conditions, namely, a congenital short esophagus with an intrathoracic gastric columnar lining and congenital gastric heterotropia in the esophagus with ulceration. Thereafter, these conditions began to be known as “Barrett's esophagus.” It is an acquired condition of esophageal columnar metaplasia following chronic gastroesophageal reflux, and the classical...
We have reviewed articles on the longitudinal vessels observed in the lower esophagus. In our previous study, we observed longitudinal (palisading) vessels through the mucosal epithelium in 884 (98%) of 905 consecutive endoscopic examinations of the lower esophagus, whereas in 20 examinations (2%) they could not be observed because of inflammation. The lengths of the longitudinal vessels were within...
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