ESOPHAGEAL MONILIASIS: REPORT OF A CASE WITH ROENTGENOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
Authors: S A KAUFMAN, G LEVENE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 September 1958ESOPHAGEAL MONILIASIS: REPORT OF A CASE WITH ROENTGENOGRAPHIC FINDINGSS. A. KAUFMAN, M.D., GEORGE LEVENE, M.D.S. A. KAUFMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE LEVENE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-3-684 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInfection with Candida albicans, a serious side-effect of intensive antibiotic therapy, has been recognized more frequently in recent years. While the more common manifestations of the disease—thrush, vaginitis, dermatitis and bronchopulmonary infections—are well known,1, 2 the rarer forms have not been too well documented. Esophageal moniliasis is unusual, but presents radiographic findings distinctive enough to suggest the diagnosis in a patient in whom the disease may be unsuspected.CASE REPORTA 16 year old white male, admitted to the hospital in January, 1950, had been well until two weeks prior to entry, at which time he first complained of pain...Bibliography1. Kenney EL: Practical medical mycology, American Lecture Series, 1955, Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Ill. Google Scholar2. Dubos RJ: Bacterial and mycotic infections of man, 1952, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. AndrénTheander LG: Roentgenographic appearances of esophageal moniliasis, Acta radiol. 46: 571, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Drouhet E: Therapy of fungus diseases, edited by Sternberg, T. H., and Newcomer, V. D., 1955, Little, Brown and Co., Boston. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication March 1, 1957.From the Departments of Radiology of the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston.Requests for reprints should be addressed to S. A. Kaufman, M.D., Assistant Radiologist, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, 750 Harrison Avenue, Boston 18, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEsophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosisMonilial Esophagitis: An Increasingly Frequent Cause of Esophageal Stenosis?Diffuse Intramural Esophageal PseudodiverticulosisComplete Œsophageal Obstruction due to Monilia InfectionCandida infection of the oesophagus.The Gastrointestinal Lesions and Complications of the LeukemiasJ. C. PROLLA, M.D., JOSEPH B. KIRSNER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Monilial Esophagitis in a Patient with Hemoglobin SC Disease Demonstration of Esophageal Motor Abnormality by Cine-RadiofluorographyEUGENE SANDERS, M.D., CARL LEVINTHAL, M.D., MARTIN W. DONNER, M.D.Prophylaxis in patients receiving adrenal steroid therapy 1 September 1958Volume 49, Issue 3Page: 684-687KeywordsAntibioticsCandida albicansDiagnostic radiologyDysphagiaHospital medicineInfectious diseasesMucous membranesUlcers Issue Published: 1 September 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...