Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Acute phlegmonous esophagitis is a very rare, life-threatening form of esophagitis, characterized by diffuse bacterial infection and pus formation within the submucosal and muscularis layers of the esophagus. We describe a case in which contrast-enhanced chest CT was useful for evaluating the severi...

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Autores principales: Yun, Su Min, Jeong, Yeon Joo, Hwang, Minhee, Lee, Geewon, Lee, Ji Won, Kim, Gwang Ha, Yeom, Jeong A
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9320998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35888583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070864
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author Yun, Su Min
Jeong, Yeon Joo
Hwang, Minhee
Lee, Geewon
Lee, Ji Won
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description Acute phlegmonous esophagitis is a very rare, life-threatening form of esophagitis, characterized by diffuse bacterial infection and pus formation within the submucosal and muscularis layers of the esophagus. We describe a case in which contrast-enhanced chest CT was useful for evaluating the severity of phlegmonous esophagitis, which was overlooked and underestimated by endoscopy.
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spelling pubmed-93209982022-07-27 Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review Yun, Su Min Jeong, Yeon Joo Hwang, Minhee Lee, Geewon Lee, Ji Won Kim, Gwang Ha Yeom, Jeong A Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report Acute phlegmonous esophagitis is a very rare, life-threatening form of esophagitis, characterized by diffuse bacterial infection and pus formation within the submucosal and muscularis layers of the esophagus. We describe a case in which contrast-enhanced chest CT was useful for evaluating the severity of phlegmonous esophagitis, which was overlooked and underestimated by endoscopy. MDPI 2022-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9320998/ /pubmed/35888583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070864 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yun, Su Min
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Kim, Gwang Ha
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Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Usefulness of Contrast-Enhanced CT in a Patient with Acute Phlegmonous Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort usefulness of contrast-enhanced ct in a patient with acute phlegmonous esophagitis: a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9320998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35888583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58070864
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