background: we sought to determine the clinical characteristics of pediatric esophagitis in southern iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted over a 4-year period, from 2005 to 2009, in nemazee hospital, a tertiary healthcare center in shiraz, southern iran. we consecutively included all pediatric patients (< 18 years) who underwent endoscopy in our center and had pathology-co...

  Background: Sulfur mustard (SM) has acute and chronic effects on skin and mucosal surfaces. The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency of esophagitis in a historical cohort of veterans who had been exposed to SM in Iran-Iraq war nearly 25 years ago.   Methods : One hundred two veterans with dyspepsia and/or heartburn underwent esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy. Of them, 52 cases had been e...

ingestion of ciprofloxacin can be associated with esophagitis and esophageal ulcer. we report a 46-yearold man with odynophagia and dysphagia following ciprofloxacin ingestion, with a glance on diagnosis and treatment. also, we propose recommendations for prevention of drug-induced esophagitis, according to shape, size, formulation and their etiologic role on esophagitis.

Background: We sought to determine the clinical characteristics of pediatric esophagitis in southern Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted over a 4-year period, from 2005 to 2009, in Nemazee Hospital, a tertiary healthcare center in Shiraz, southern Iran. We consecutively included all pediatric patients (< 18 years) who underwent endoscopy in our center and had pathology...

Esophagitis in cats and dogs is a consequence of increased exposure the esophageal mucosa to gastroduodenal reflux. Causes can include anesthesia-related reflux, frequent vomiting, or lodged foreign bodies. An exception eosinophilic esophagitis, an emerging primary inflammatory disease esophagus with presumed allergic etiology. Reflux esophagitis owing lower sphincter incompetence often suspect...

BACKGROUND: Mast cells exert a substantial role in gastrointestinal allergic diseases. Therefore, it is reasonable to presume that mast cell may aid diagnosis in eosinophilic gastroenteropathy. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether mast cell count in the esophageal epithelium can discriminate eosinophilic esophagitis, proton-pump inhibitor (PPI)-responsive eosinophilic esophagitis and gastroesopha...

herpes simplex esophagitis (hse) has rarely been reported in immunocom­petent individuals. in a search of medline until october 2012, we found only one case of hse in a pregnant female. we present the first case of hse in a healthy 36-year-old female at 27 weeks gestation who recovered without an­tiviral therapy. normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa

aim : this study aimed at determining the prevalence of hiatal hernia (hh) in patients with endoscopic erosive esophagitis (ee). background : gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd) is one of the most common problems all over the world. this may lead to erosive esophagitis. previous studies have demonstrated that hh has an important role in the pathogenesis of reflux disease. the rising prevale...

The aim of this study was to investigate histomorphological and immunophenotypic features in pill-induced esophagitis. We comparatively evaluated the histomorphological, immunophenotypic features of pill-induced esophagitis vs. reflux esophagitis, as well as clinical information and endoscopic findings. Fifty-two tissue pieces from 22 cases of pill-induced esophagitis, 46 pieces from 20 reflux ...