Painful Dysphagia Due to Monilial Oesophagitis

Candida infection of the oesophagus.

“…The diagnosis can be conveniently confirmed by barium swallow, although occasionally the radiographs will be normal in patients later found to have the condition. The radiological appearances have already been well described (Andren and Theander, 1956;Eban and Symers, 1959;Marsh, 1959;Weiss and Epstein, 1962;Buckle and Nichol, 1964;Grieve, 1964) and the shaggy and irregular outline of the oesophagus shown in Fig. 1 is characteristic of this condition.…”

Klinik und Therapie der Candidamykose des Ösophagus*

“…Die Therapie der Wahl der Candidamykose des oberen Digestionstrakts ist seit langem Nystatin (Buckle, 1964;Holt, 1968;Dupont und Drouhet, 1982). Das Präparat hat bis heute nicht an Bedeutung verloren.…”