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Esophageal web

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Work up for dysphagia.

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Female
Fluoroscopy

Barium swallow demonstrates a delicate circumferential radiolucent ring in the upper esophagus without proximal dilatation and stasis or distal jet effect.

A sliding hiatal hernia is observed.

Case Discussion

Features on barium images are suggestive of esophageal web,  an esophageal constriction caused by a thin mucosal membrane projecting into the lumen.

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