Case Report

Extensive Causative Esophagitis Caused by Thermal Injury: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 2

Summary of endoscopy manifestation and treatment in ETI published cases.

Number Timeline Image presentation Histology
EsophagusOther
Apparatus/length/circumferences
(i) Finding
Area/finding

13 daysEGD/28–38 cm from incisors/partial
(i) Multiple linear erythematous
N/AN/A

2 [2]3 daysEsophagogram/mid to distal/partial
(i) Longitudinally linear collection and filling defect
N/AN/A

3 [1]1 monthEGD/upper to lower/whole
(i) Candy-cane appearance
N/Anecrotic, anucleated, nonviable epithelium

4 [1]3 weeksEGD/upper to lower/whole
(i) Candy-cane appearance
N/ANecrotic anucleated nonviable epithelium

5 [3]12 daysEGD/30 cm from incisor/partial
(i) Single longitudinal ulcer
N/AN/A

6 [4]2 daysEGD/distal/whole
(i) Candy-cane appearance
Heart/Transient cardiac ischemia;parakeratosis, squamous hyperplasia, inflammatory cell infiltration

7 [5]7 daysEGD/full length/partial
(i) Pseudomembranous mucosa band with
hyperemic mucosa
N/AUlcer with granulation tissue

8 [6] 1 weekEGD/full length/whole
(i) Diffuse pseudomembranous mucosa and erosion
Oral cavity/whitish plaque, erosion
10 days(ii) Linear plaque, lower esophagus small fibrotic changes

9 [7]3 daysEGD/full length/partial
(i) Longitudinal ulcer band
Ulcer with activated endothelial cell
8 daysEGD/full length/partial
(i) Pseudomembranous mucosa band

101 dayEGD /full length/N/A
(i) Erythema and swelling mucosa
Pharyngeal, laryngeal & vocal cord/inflammationN/A

117 daysEGD/hypopharynx to 25 cm from incisors/partial
(i) Pseudomembranous mucosa in geographic shape
arytenoid folds/edematous mucosaUlceration with inflammation, atypia epithelial
14 days(ii) Candy-cane appearance

127 daysEGD/middle to distal esophagus/partial
(i) Longitudinal pseudomembrane and erosion
N/AN/A

13Same dayEGD/upper to middle/whole
(i) Pseudomembrane and hyperemic mucosa
N/AN/A
7 days(ii) Whitish fibrosis and edematous hyperemic mucosa

14Few daysEGD/lower esophagus/N/A
(i) Friable mucosa, fibrosis, and edema
Oral cavity/pseudomembrane mucosaN/A

151 dayED/34 cm from incisor/partial
(i) Focal ulcer
N/Anecrosis with white cells and cellular debris

16 [8] N/AEGD/N/A/N/A
(i) Failed to pass through
Laryngopharyngeal/edematous mucosaFibrosis over submucosa and muscularis propria and adventitia
40 days(ii) Healing of edematous mucosa
5 months + 53 daysEGD/19 cm from incisor to distal/whole
(i) Circumference stenosis
N/A

17 [9]1 dayEGD/upper to middle (30 cm from incisor)/partial/
(i) Longitudinal pseudomembrane
Pharynx/pseudomembrane mucosaN/A

18 [10]N/AEGD/N/A/N/A
(i) Diffuse ulcerations with candy-cane appearance
N/AN/A

EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy; N/A, not applicable.