Sloughing esophagitis is associated with chronic debilitation and medications that injure the esophageal mucosa

Modern Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 767-775

  Purdy, Julianne K ^a   Appelman, Henry D ^a   McKenna, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

contact; esophagitis; medications; membranes; necrosis; plaques; sloughing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CELECOXIB; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCONIC ACID; IRON; METHYLXANTHINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRITABLE COLON; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOUGHING ESOPHAGITIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CACHEXIA; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NECROSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860464546     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.204     Document Type: Article

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