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A 54-year-old man with a long history of indigestion after meals and “heaburn” presents with upper abdominal pain. He was treated with proton-pump inhibitors for gastroesophageal reflux 3 years . An endoscopic biopsy of the lower esophagus shows glandular metaplasia. The patient described is at increased risk of developing which of the following diseases of the esophagus?

AAchalasia
BAdenocarcinoma
CCandidiasis
DPlummer-Vinson syndrome
Pathology
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