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Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis improved by endoscopic dilatation

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A 52-year-old woman presented to our hospital with dysphagia. The initial endoscopic examination revealed plaques on the esophageal mucosa that were consistent with candidiasis, as well as narrowing of the distal one-third of the esophagus. After 7 days of administration of antimycotic drugs, endoscopy and esophagography showed multiple small saccular diverticula in the lower esophagus. Dysphagia continued despite resolution of candidiasis. Based on a diagnosis of esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis, we performed endoscopic balloon dilatation of the stenosis, which resulted in the disappearance of clinical symptoms.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shimane University School of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan

    Takayuki Ose, Kohichi Okita, Yoshiko Takahashi, Ichiro Moriyama, Hideaki Kazumori, Shunji Ishihara, Kyoichi Adachi & Yoshikazu Kinoshita

  2. Division of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Japan

    Yuji Amano

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Ose, T., Okita, K., Takahashi, Y. et al. Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis improved by endoscopic dilatation. Esophagus 3, 71–74 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10388-006-0076-6

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