Koca, Tuğba Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Týp Fakültesi - Pediatrik Gastroenteroloji Hepatoloji ve Beslenme, Turkey , Demirekin, Tolga Coşgun Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Týp Fakültesi - İç Hastalıkları AD Gastroenteroloji BD, Turkey , Akçam, Mustafa Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Týp Fakültesi - Pediatrik Gastroenteroloji, Hepatoloji ve Beslenme BD, Turkey

Drug-induced esophagitis in an adolescent presenting with chest pain

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Drug-induced esophagitis has frequently been reported in adults. However, only a few cases occurring in the pediatric population have been published. Seventeen year old male patient admitted to our clinic with chest pain when swallowing. It was learn that one week before the onset of symptoms, she began a course of oral tetracycline to treat acne, the second day of the treatment he had a history of swallowing the pill without water. And then his symptoms began and stopped using drug but his symptoms did not regressed. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed ulcer at the middle 1/3 segment of esophagus. Tetracycline treatment was stopped and lansoprazole and sucralfate was started. His symp¬toms improved in a few days following cessation of the tetracycline. Drug-in¬duced esophagitis is a preventable cause of morbidity. Physicians must warn the patients to take the pills and capsules with enough liquid and in the upright position.

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Drug induced esophagitis , adolescent , tetracycline

Medical Journal Of Suleyman Demirel University

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