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Hemorrhage into the esophagus at birth and in the adult.
Author(s) -
Mosher Harris P.
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-193109000-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , surgery , intraventricular hemorrhage , pregnancy , gestational age , biology , genetics
The esophagus may be infected before birth. Periesophageal hemorrhage has been found in premature babies born dead. In babies dying with hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, periesophageal hemorrhage has been found, as well as subepithelial hemorrhage in the esophagus and the stomach. Extensive intramuscular and periesophageal hemorrhage has been found in a baby which lived 36 hours and died of intracranial hemorrhage; in a baby whose mother had toxemia of pregnancy, and in a baby born with congenital syphilis, which died of sepsis from ulcerative tonsillitis and pharyngitis. The hemorrhages were found to come from the smallest of the capillaries. The hemorrhage in babies dead at birth is probably due to pre‐birth toxemia. Hcmorrhagic disease of the newborn is probably due to prebirth toxemia. Infection of the gall bladder, one the commonest of abdominal diseases, often is associated with infection of the terminal portion of the esophagus. By causing adhesions it is one cause of cardiospasm. Very extensive intramuscular and periesophageal hemorrhage has been found associated with acute cholecystitis and jaundice. Associated with fibrosis of the facial edge of the crura, narrowing of the crural opening and constriction of the esophagus has been found. Two cases of peri‐ and intraesophageal hemorrhage have been found in adults, one associated with acute infection (cholecystitis), and the other with chronic infection (multiple lung abscess). 828 Beacon Street.