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esophagitis

 [ĕ-sof″ah-ji´tis]
inflammation of the esophagus.
peptic esophagitis (reflux esophagitis) a chronic, potentially life-threatening disease manifested by the various sequelae associated with reflux of the stomach and duodenal contents into the esophagus (gastroesophageal reflux); it is often accompanied by heartburn and regurgitation, although not all patients with those symptoms have pathologic changes. It may occur as a primary condition or be associated with other diseases such as hiatal hernia.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

re·flux e·soph·a·gi·tis

, peptic esophagitis
inflammation of the lower esophagus from regurgitation of acid gastric contents, usually due to malfunction of the lower esophageal sphincter; symptoms include substernal pain, "heartburn," and regurgitation of acid juice.
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reflux esophagitis

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, see there.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

re·flux e·soph·a·gi·tis

, peptic esophagitis (rē'flŭks ĕ-sof'ă-jī'tis, pep'tik)
Inflammation of the lower esophagus resulting from regurgitation of acid gastric contents, usually due to malfunction of the lower esophageal sphincter; symptoms include substernal pain, heartburn, and regurgitation of acid juice.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

Reflux esophagitis

Inflammation of the lower esophagus caused by the backflow of stomach contents.
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Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

re·flux e·soph·a·gi·tis

, peptic esophagitis (rē'flŭks ĕ-sof'ă-jī'tis, pep'tik)
Inflammation of lower esophagus due to regurgitation of acid gastric contents, usually due to malfunction of lower esophageal sphincter; symptoms include substernal pain, "heartburn," and regurgitation of acid.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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In the epithelium with features of reflux esophagitis, the height of connective tissue papillae was increased, and they appeared to be more prominent because of edema and vascular congestion (Figure 2, A).
Most benign strictures in the distal esophagus are caused by scarring from reflux esophagitis. (28,31) These reflux-induced or so-called peptic strictures most commonly appear as discrete (1-4 cm in length) segments of smooth, tapered narrowing, almost always above a hiatal hernia (Figure 9B).
Therapy and prevention of reflux esophagitis. Results of a multicenter study with cimetidine, I: epidemiology and results of acute therapy.
In addition to the marked reduction in gastroduodenal ulcers, esomeprazole therapy was associated with a steep decrease in the risk of developing reflux esophagitis among the aspirin users.
Sucralfate and alginate/antacid in reflux esophagitis. Scand J Gastroenterol 1985; 20:229-32.
Because the histologic features of GERD are not specific, a number of histologic features must be assessed before a presumptive diagnosis of reflux esophagitis can be made.
Less often, an enlarged gastric fold near the squamocolumnar junction, also called the sentinel fold, is seen in reflux esophagitis. Inflammatory polyps should be differentiated from neoplasms by biopsy.
However, 1 small trial found a decreased rate of esophageal stricture recurrence at 1 year in patients with reflux esophagitis (NNT =7) treated with 30-mg lansoprazole compared with those treated with 300-mg ranitidine.[37] These data seem to suggest that high-risk patients are more apt to benefit from PPIs than [H.sub.2]Bs.
This boy's murmur is an innocent one and his chest pain is due to reflux esophagitis, a very common cause of chest pain.
The search strategy consisted of a combination of the following MESH terms and text words: (gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD, GORD, reflux esophagitis, RE, non-erosive reflux disease, NERD, Barrett's esophagus, BE, erosive esophagitis, and EE); (Proton Pump Inhibitors, PPIs, omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, and esomeprazole); and (twice daily).
[ClickPress, Thu Mar 26 2015] Global Markets Direct's, 'Reflux Esophagitis (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) - Pipeline Review, H1 2015', provides an overview of the Reflux Esophagitis (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)'s therapeutic pipeline.
SAN DIEGO -- Previous studies have shown that patients with gastric ulcers and reflux esophagitis have decreased salivary epidermal growth factor levels, compared with normal controls.
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