Medication-induced oesophageal injury leading to broncho-oesophageal fistula.

McAndrew, N A; Greenway, M W · Postgrad Med J · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Medication-induced oesophageal injury is one of the least recognised side-effects of oral medication and, in contrast to other oesophageal pathologies, is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain. We describe a case of medication-induced oesophageal injury with a rare complication in which the diagnosis was not considered until the characteristic features were demonstrated at endoscopy.

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