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Three case reports are presented which illustrate clinical conditions which may arise in a patient with a columnar lined esophagus. Inflammation, ulceration, stricture and fistula formation are discussed, with emphasis on their clinical presentations and diagnoses by endoscopy and radiology. Of the 3 patients, 2 developed adenocarcinoma as a complication of the lesion. The possible malignant potentiality of this anomaly is stressed, and diligent search for a neoplastic focus in all such cases is urged.
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The authors are grateful to Dr. William O. Dobbins, III, for advice in writing this paper, and to Mrs. P. Hoffman for her assistance in preparing the manuscript.
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Burns, W.A., Flores, P.A., Moshyedi, A. et al. Clinical conditions associated with columnar lined esophagus. Digest Dis Sci 15, 607–615 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236016
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