A CASE OF THE SIMPLE NONSPECIFIC GIANT ULCER AT THE MIDDLE PART OF THE ESOPHAGUS

Abstract

A case of the simple nonspecific giant ulcer at the middle part of the esophagus was reported. A 66 year-old woman was hospitalized with complaint of dysphagia and retrosternal pain. X-ray pictures showed slight irregularity like filling defect in the right-posterior wall of the middle part of the esophagus. Endoscopically, giant ulcer with marginal elevation measuring about 15cm in dianeter was observed. Biopsied specimen of the esophageal mucosa showed no malignancy histologically. Morphologic findings were different from those of the ulcer disease combined with reflux esophagitis near the esophago-gastric junction.