Feeding Tube Esophagitis

Linear mucosal inflammation in the esophagus of a malnourished, debilitated 63 year old man who had been fed via a nasoenteric feeding tube. Exam conducted during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement. The nasoenteric feeding tube is still in place in this photograph.


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