A case of a slightly symptomatic exfoliative oesophagitis Article Swipe
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Eijiro Ueta
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Tatsuya Fujikawa
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Atsushi Imagawa
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· 2015
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-211925
· OA: W2217123133
YOU?
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· 2015
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-211925
· OA: W2217123133
A 68-year-old Japanese man annually underwent endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The latest examination revealed longitudinal sloughing of mucosal casts (which was not detected previously) from the mid-oesophagus to the oesophagogastric junction, with mild redness (figure 1). Endoscopic biopsy of the sloughed casts revealed peeled off oesophageal mucosa without dysplasia. Ten months prior to this examination, the patient had received a diagnosis of cardiogenic embolism and atrial fibrillation at his primary care hospital and was prescribed dabigatran (oral direct thrombin inhibitor) with lansoprazole. He …
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