Thursday, January 9, 2014

The Goose

A 55 year old Caucasian man with obesity and GERD gets an endoscopy for erosive esophagitis.


Challenge: Images shown above confirm the diagnosis of what?

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2 comments:

  1. daisyflowerJanuary 9, 2014 at 9:46 PM

    barretts?

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  2. CraigJanuary 20, 2014 at 9:51 AM

    duck...duck...goose! Yes, it's Barrett's
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    The Goose

    This is Barrett’s esophagus, the replacement of stratified squamous epithelium with metaplastic columnar epithelium.

    Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia.

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