Stenosing esophagitis caused by Trichosporon beigelii: presentation of a rare case
Bottari, M.; D'Amore, F.; Buda, C.A.; Magnano, A.; Melita, G.; Dell'Utri, P.; Crescenti, S.; Casella, G.
Il Giornale di Chirurgia 18(6-7): 344-347
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005 PMID: 9296595 Document Number: 476705
The Authors describe a rare case of esophageal stenosis complicated by gastroesophageal reflux due to Trichosporon beigelii in the absence of a pathologic predisposition or immunodeficiency. The diagnosis was drawn by embedding membrane fragments obtained endoscopically in Sabouraud and blood-Agar cultures. The patient was treated with antimicotics, immunostimulants, inhibitors of the gastric protonic pump, prokinetics and later underwent endoscopic dilatation combined with Savary-Guillard and pneumatic dilatators of growing diameter, until complete "restitutio ad integrum" of the esophageal lumen.