2022 Volume 64 Issue 8 Pages 1457-1461
A 56-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Otolaryngology at our hospital for evaluation of postprandial sore throat and hematemesis; however, the cause remained undiagnosed. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed mucosal detachment 20-23 cm from the incisors concomitant with elevation of the detached mucosa. The mucosal detachment progressed and involved 2/3rd of the esophageal circumference, and conservative treatment was continued. Eight days later, the detached mucosa was completely covered by normal mucosa and healed without scar stenosis or deformation.
Esophagitis exfoliativa is relatively rare; therefore, it is difficult to diagnose this disorder in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding unless clinicians consider this disorder in the differential diagnosis.
