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The Old Endoscopy Quiz (and Answer) of the Month
May 2007

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Question:

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This middle age lady came for a follop up endoscopy as she hade suffered from reflux like dyspepsia for many years. She had used PPI regularly with excellent symptomatic relief. These images show the first part of an upper endoscopy. Quite typical findings - what are they?

Correct answer:

    An Hiatal Hernia causing Reflux Oesophagitis and Barretts Oesophagus

Correct answers and comments were emailed by

    Albert Trinh Chang Truong, Los Angeles, CA
    Vitor Fernandes, Almada, Portugal
    Salvatore Della Ducata, Gallipoli, Italy
    M.LERIOS, NICOSIA, CYPRUS
    ARBER Veliu, Prishtina, Kosova
    M. Nooman, Alexandria, Egypt
    osman demirkol, amasya, türkiye
    Zahreddine Radwan, Beirut, Lebanon
    Fred Stam, Haarlem, Holland
    BURHAN TAM, Silivri-İSTANBUL, TÜRKİYE
    PARABOLI SILVA , marcio luiz, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, BRAZIL
    LUIS GUILLERMO GUERRERO, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
    yusuf yücel, karabük, turkey
    Ellie Pongratz, Bowie, MD
    MAJID HOSSEINIAN, TEHRAN, IRAN
    Lavrentios Papalavrentios, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Ho Dang Quy Dung, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
    mehmet polat, ANKARA, TÜRKİYE
    vijaysinh, karad, india
    Dong Ngoc Khanh, Ho Chi Minh City, VietNam
    DUMI, PARIS, FRANCE
    Cheryl Lynch, Erie, USA/PA
    Sharon Hauckwitz, Mooretown, Canada
    Munir Bishara, Melbourne, Australia
    dr. ramon lopez gaxiola, guamuchil, mexico/sinaloa
    tarek, makkah, KSA
    anjali malkani, baltimore, Maryland USA
    Ayyakannu Kumar, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom
    Khawaja Qamaruddin Sediqi, Kabul, Afghanistan
    Noa Ciuraru, Kfar-Saba, Israel
    Douglas Mauricio Hallaruthes Santos, Divinopolis, Brasil
    Petr Vozeh, Praha, Èesko
    KLAUDIA J.Niepsuj, Poland
    Ma³gorzata Ferenc, Olsztyn, Poland
    Christina Ecclissato, Campinas, Brazil
    anıl özmutlu, Hakkari, Turkiye
    Slavko Knezevic, KG, Serbia
    Jose, Porto Alegre, Brasil/ Rio Grande do Sul
    Zhuqingyun, Shanghai, China
    Mirhan Tosn, İstanbul, Turkey
    Craig, Gauthier, USA
    Pham Khanh, Stord, Norway
    HURLER, Ulrike, Heidenheim, Germany
    Cevale Karslioglu Sgouros, Istanbul, Turkey
    mohsen, cairo, Egypt
    samyra lacerda david vargas, Montes Claros, minas gerais -Brasil
    aydin koksal, Ankara, Turkey
    DARIO VARGAS, BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
    Fernando Peres, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Stefan Spinnell, Piteå, Sweden
    vitor fernandes, Almada, Portugal
    Lutful Chowdhury, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    dr. Debashis Chowdhury, Chittagong, Bangladesh
    German Lloret Salom, Alzira, Spain
    dumi, Paris, France
    rashedhassen, fakous, egypt
    lorna kirkham, miton keynes,u.k.

Comments:

    Here are some of the answers in different lanugages:

    hiatal hernia with possible barrett's esophagus from chronic GERD
    Barrett Esophago. Hiatal hernia deslizament
    esofago de barrett
    segmenter barret metaplazy, hiatal hernia
    Diaphragmatic hernia with findings of Barrett esophagus
    i think this pictur looks like gastro esophageal reflux with epithelial changes oesophagite de reflux. hernie hiatale
    there are 3-4 typical findings1- Large Axial Hiatal Hernia2- reflux Esophagitis grade B or C with sigmata or recent hemorrhage3- Suspicous Barrett's Esophagus in do need a close up view of the cardia .
    Hernia Hiatal com esofagite
    Barret oesophageus et hernia hiatalis
    1. Barretts / intestinal metaplasia in the eosophagus, perhaps with a stricture2. Cardia insuficiency with a (sliding) hiatus hernia
    Hernia hiatal com esofago de barret e estenose
    Sliding hiatal herniaBarrett esophagus
    Hérnia de hiato esofageano + epitélio colunar em esôfago distal (esôfago de Barrett?)
    hiatal hernia. Cylinder epitel metaplasia
    oesophago de Barrett and hiatal hernia
    hernie hiatale; oesophagite de reflux

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