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  • Case Report   
  • J Gastrointest Dig Syst 2020, Vol 10(1): 608

Does Smoking Cannabis Increase the Risk of Barrett's Esophagus?

Joshua Levy1*, Keith Buhl2, Christopher Fernandez2 and Jayaram Kumaraswamy1
1Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Trinity Health, Pennsylvania, USA
2Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
*Corresponding Author : Joshua Levy, Medical student, Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Trinity Health, 15 Montgomery Ave, Apt 4B, Bala Cynwyd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Tel: 314-580-7509, Email: joshualev@pcom.edu

Abstract

A case of 41-year-old African American male is described who was presented to the emergency room of a large academic urban hospital with abdominal pain and exacerbation of nausea and vomiting which he had experienced episodically over the last two years.

Keywords: Cannabis; Barrett’s esophagus; Esophageal metaplasia

Citation: Levy J, Buhl K, Fernandez C, Kumaraswamy J (2020) Does Smoking Cannabis Increase the Risk of Barrett’s Esophagus?. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 10: 608.

Copyright: © 2020 Levy J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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