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Retention Esophagitis as a Significant Clinical Predictor of Progression to Esophageal Cancer in Achalasia

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Chronic liquid and/or food stasis caused by retention esophagitis (RE) in achalasia is a notable endoscopic finding because of the presence of a thickened or whitish esophageal mucosa and histologically altered squamous hyperplasia. We aimed to identify the clinical features of RE a...

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Autores principales: Kim, Haewon, Park, Hyojin, Choi, HeeSeung, Shin, Yooju, Park, Hyunsung, Youn, Young Hoon, Kim, Jie-Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29506341
http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2017.087