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Postgrad Med J 1999;75:379-381 doi:10.1136/pgmj.75.884.379
  • Adverse drug reaction of the month

Medication-induced oesophageal injury leading to broncho-oesophageal fistula

  1. N A McAndrew,
  2. M W Greenway
  1. Department of Health Care of the Elderly, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, Denbighshire LL18 5UJ, UK
  1. Dr NA McAndrew, Llandough Hospital, Penlan Road, Penarth, CF64 2XX, UK
  • Accepted 14 January 1999

Abstract

Medication-induced oesophageal injury is one of the least recognised side-effects of oral medication and, in contrast to other oesophageal pathologies, is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain. We describe a case of medication-induced oesophageal injury with a rare complication in which the diagnosis was not considered until the characteristic features were demonstrated at endoscopy.

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