Mid-esophageal Diverticular Bleeding in a Patient with Kyphosis.

Mid-esophageal Diverticular Bleeding in a Patient with Kyphosis. Intern Med. 2019 Jul 22;: Authors: Kishi K, Kusunoki R, Fujishiro H, Suemitsu S, Kataoka M, Fujiwara A, Tsukano K, Kotani S, Yamanouchi S, Aimi M, Tanaka M, Miyaoka Y, Miyake T, Kohge N, Imaoka T, Ishihara S, Kinoshita Y Abstract Mid-esophageal diverticulum is a rare disease, formed by the traction caused by inflamed bronchial lymph nodes or by pulsion induced by motility disorder. We herein report a case of mid-esophageal diverticular bleeding in a patient with kyphosis who was taking an anti-platelet drug. She was successfully treated with endoscopic hemostasis. An 80-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with hematemesis. She had kyphosis and was taking dipyridamole for her chest pain. Emergent upper endoscopy revealed bleeding from a mid-esophageal diverticulum; hemostasis was achieved via clipping. Mid-esophageal diverticula can cause upper gastrointestinal bleeding. An endoscopic examination and hemostasis are effective treatments. PMID: 31327831 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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