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Esophageal stricture caused by a Motrin tablet (ibuprofen)
M S Levine1, S M Borislow, S E Rubesin
1Department of Radiology, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Abdominal Imaging
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A 37-year-old man experienced acute odynophagia after ingesting a single tablet of Motrin (ibuprofen, 800 mg). Because the pill was swallowed without water, a transient delay in its passage through the esophagus resulted in localized mucosal inflammation and a drug-induced stricture.