Esophageal Thermal Injury by Hot Adlay Tea
Hoon Go, Hyeon Woong Yang, Sung Hee Jung, Young A Park, Jung Yun Lee, Sae Hee Kim, Sin Hyung Lim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):59-62. Published online March 31, 2007
Reversible thermal injury to the esophagus as the result of drinking hot liquids has been reported to generate alternating white and red linear mucosal bands, somewhat reminiscent of a candy cane. This phenomenon is associated with chest pain, dysphagia, odynophagia, and epigastric pain. He..
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