1987 Volume 29 Issue 1 Pages 91-95_1
One case of sever esophagal moniliasis assacioted with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) is reported. A 16 year old boy suffered from with complication of esophageal moniliasis. Endoscopic findings, 20 days after the onset of AML, showed scattered shallow ulcers with yellowish coating. The ulcers rapidly grew larger and deeper to occupy the whole esophagus, and were accompanied with massive bleeding. Soon after remission of AML, the endoscopic findings of moniriasis disappeared and ulcers were no longer recognized. But severe stenosis was formed in the lower esophagus, and, at the same time, mucosal bridge and many pseudo-diverticula appeared in the middle part of the esophogus. Massive bleeding in acute stage and esophageal stenosis in healing stage are typical complication of severe type of esophageal moniriasis. However formation of mucosal bridge in the esophagus is very uncommon in the literature.
