caustic esophagitis
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CAUSTIC ESOPHAGITIS
TERMINOLOGY
• CORROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS• INJURY DUE TO INGESTION OF STRONG ALKALI
OR ACID• LIQUID LYLE CAUSES MOST SEVERE FORM OF
CAUSTIC INJURY TO THE ESOPHAGUS.– INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING SQUAMOUS CELL
CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS, SO NEW AREA OF MUCOSAL IRREGULARITY OR NODULARITY WITHIN A PREEXISTING LYLE STRICTURE ON A BARIUM STUDY SHOULD RAISE CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUPERIMPOSED CARCINOMA
IMAGING
NONDISTENDIBLE, RIGID SEGMENT (STRICTURE) OF ESOPHAGUS WITH ULCERATED MUCOSA
ACCIDENTAL OR INTENTIONAL INGESTION OF CAUSTIC AGENTS
CAUSES MILD TO SEVERE INJURY TO UPPER GI TRACT: ESOPHAGUS>STOMACH>DUODENUM
PHASE
ACUTE MILD PHASE
ATONIC DILATED, APERSITALTIC ESOPHAGUS
STAGE 1: ACUTE NECROTIC PHASE (1-4 DAYS0
EXTENSIVE ULCERATION AND NARROWED LUMEN WITH IRREGULAR CONTOUR
MAY HAVE SIGNS OF PERFORATION (GAS, FLUID IN MEDIASTINUM)
STAGE 2: ULCERATION-GRANULATION PHASE ( 5-28 DAYS)
MORE DEFINED ULCERS SPASM
STAGE 3: CICATRIZATION AND SCARRING (3-4 WEEKS)
LONG OR SHORT SEGMENTAL STRICTURES
SMOOTH, CONCENTRIC, AND SYMMETRIC OR IRREGULAR, ECCENTRIC
PROXIMAL PART OF STOMACH IS PULLED INTO CHEST BY SHORTENING
OF ESOPHAGUS
IMAGING EVALUATION
• BEST IMAGING TOOL: CT FOR ACUTE INJURY. BARIUM ESOPHAGRAM FOR CRONIC.
• ACUTE PHASE ESOPHAGRAM (IF NEEDED): WATER – SOLUBLE , NONIONIC CONTRAST AGENT
CLINICAL ISSUES
• COMPLICATIONS: PERFORATION, MEDIASTINITIS, PERITONITIS, FISTULAS, SHOCK
RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
CHEST PA AND LAREAL VIEWS (ACUTE)
• DILATED, GAS AND LATERAL VIEWS (ACUTE)
• DILATED GAS FILLED ESOPHAGUS
• ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS
• ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION
– MEDIASTINAL WIDENING , PNEUMOMEDISATRINUM, PLEURAL EFFUSION
FLUORSCOPIC-GUIDED WATER-SOLUBLE OR BARIUM ESOPHAGRAM
• aCUTE MILD PHASE– ATONIC DILATED, APERISTALTIC ESOPHAGUS– MULTIPLE SHALLOW, IRREGULAR ULCER
• ACUTE SEVERE PHASEEXTENSIVE ULCERATIONDIFFUSELY NARROWED OSPHAGUS WITH IRREGULAR CONTOURDOUBLE-BARRELED APPEARANCE:LINEAR OR STREAK COLLECTION OF BARIUM IN ESOPHAGEAL WALL
MAY HAVE SIGNS OF PERFORATION
FLUORSCOPIC-GUIDED WATER-SOLUBLE OR BARIUM ESOPHAGRAM
(CONT)CHRONIC PHASE
SACCULATION, PSEUDODIVERTICULALONG OR SHORT SEGMENTAL STRICTURES: SMOOTH, CONCENTRIC AND SYMMETRIC OR IRREGULAR, ECCENTRI AND ASYMETRIC
DIFFUSE LONG STRICTURE: THREAD-LIKE OR FILIFORM APPEARANCE OF ENTIRE THORACIC ESOPHAGUS (DUE TO EXTENSIVE SCARRING AND FIBROSIS)
PROXIMAL PART OF STOMACH IS PULLED INTO CHEST BY SHORTENING OF ESOPHAGUS
CT FINDINGS
• CIRCUMFERENTIAL ESOPHAGEAL WALL THICKENING (>5MM)
• ACUTE PHASE– TARGET SIGN MUCOSAL ENHANCEMENT AND
HYPODENSE SUBMUCOSA– ESOPHAGEAL
PERFORATION:PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM,PLEURAL EFFUSION
CHRONIC PHASE:LUMINAL IRREGULARITY AND NARROWING
SIMILAR FINDINGS IN STOMACH
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