White esophagus accompanying multiple circumferential duodenal erosions extending to upper jejunum

Akinori Kanzaki; Tetsuo Maeda; Akihito Otsuka; Kikuo Ichihara; Hidenori Koyama; Satoru Katayama; Tadashi Nakamura

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3676

White esophagus accompanying multiple circumferential duodenal erosions extending to upper jejunum

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 12;9(3):1779-1780. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3676. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Akinori Kanzaki¹, Tetsuo Maeda², Akihito Otsuka², Kikuo Ichihara², Hidenori Koyama³, Satoru Katayama¹, Tadashi Nakamura²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center Sasayama Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine Medical Corporation Kawasaki Hospital Kobe Japan.
³ Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Clinical Immunology Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya Japan.

Abstract

Although white esophagus is an extremely rare disease, careful diagnosis and intensive treatment are required because of a relationship with black esophagus. Further case accumulation including duodenal and jejunum lesion is needed.

Keywords: black esophagus; duodenum; upper jejunum; white esophagus.