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Query: UMLS:C0017168 (
gastroesophageal reflux disease
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Although dysphagia in patients treated for malignancy is usually related to reflux esophagitis, infectious esophagitis, malignant infiltration, or as a complication of radiation therapy, acute esophageal stricture resulting from chemotherapy is very rare. Only 2 prior cases have been described in the treatment of an adult patient with malignancy. We present a unique case of isolated chemotherapy-induced esophageal stricture in a patient receiving treatment for metastatic
testicular seminoma
without prior history of
gastroesophageal reflux disease
, caustic ingestion, or other risk factors for esophageal stricture formation.
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PMID:Esophageal Stricture Resulting from Systemic Chemotherapy for Solid Malignancy. 2884 71
