Items tagged “oesophagus”
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Candida oesophagitis
Candida oesophagitis is the most common cause of infectious oesophagitis that commonly affects immunocompromised patients. On imaging, it is characterised by irregular plaque-like lesions separated by normal mucosa and small (<1 cm) ulcers, which are assessed on oesophagogram studies.
Epidemi...
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Sliding hiatus hernia
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05 May 2013
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Carcinoma of oesophagus
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31 Jan 2014
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CT
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Oesophageal leiomyoma
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31 May 2014
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CT
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Oesophageal leiomyoma
Oesophageal leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle neoplasm of the oesophagus. It is the most common benign tumour of the oesophagus.
Epidemiology
It is most frequently presents in young and middle age groups (20-50 years). The overall incidence is around 8-43 per 10,000 autopsy series 4.
Clinic...
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Oesophageal bronchus
Oesophageal bronchus, a.k.a. communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation, refers to the rare occurrence where a bronchus arises directly from the oesophagus.
Epidemiology
It is more common in females with a M:F of 1:2 2.
Gross anatomy
Oesophageal bronchi may be the main bronchus, wh...
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Upper oesophageal cancer
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14 Jul 2014
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Fluoroscopy
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A ring (oesophagus)
A rings are a type of distal oesophageal ring. They are above the B ring and occur a few centimetres proximal to the gastro-oesophageal junction. They represent a physiological contraction of oesophageal smooth muscle covered by mucosa. A rings are uncommonly symptomatic.
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Oesophageal web
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21 Nov 2014
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Fluoroscopy
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Non-specific oesophageal motility disorder
Non-specific oesophageal motility disorder (NSMD) is one of the oesophageal dysmotility disorders. It is used to describe patients with oesophageal dysmotility that do not meet diagnostic criteria for other oesophageal motility disorders.
Clinical presentation
Patients may be asymptomatic or ...
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Diffuse oesophageal spasm
Diffuse/distal oesophageal spasm (DOS) is a motility disorder of the oesophagus. On barium swallow, diffuse oesophageal spasm may appear as a corkscrew oesophagus, but this is uncommon. Manometry is the gold standard diagnostic test.
Diffuse oesophageal spasm differs from hypercontracting oesop...
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Achalasia
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27 Jan 2015
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Barrett oesophagus
Barrett oesophagus is a term for intestinal metaplasia of the oesophagus. It is considered the precursor lesion for oesophageal adenocarcinoma.
Epidemiology
Barrett oesophagus is thought to have a prevalence of 3-15% in patients with reflux oesophagitis. Mean age at diagnosis is 55 years old 5...
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Schatzki ring
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02 Jul 2015
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Fluoroscopy
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Achalasia
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03 Jul 2015
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Fluoroscopy
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Phrenic ampulla
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15 Jul 2015
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Phrenic ampulla
The phrenic ampulla (also known as the oesophageal vestibule) is the region between the A-ring and B-ring of the distal oesophagus. The gastro-oesophageal junction is below the ampulla (and gastric folds should not enter the region of the ampulla).
Differential diagnosis
The ampulla is more pr...
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Oesophageal myotomy
Oesophageal myotomy (or Heller myotomy) is a procedure that can be performed to treat a lower oesophageal sphincter that fails to relax (e.g. achalasia). The procedure involves a longitudinal incision of the distal oesophageal musculature to break the sphincter tone.
A fundoplication wrap can b...
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"Ballooning" of the distal oesophagus after Heller myotomy
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21 Jul 2015
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Barium
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Glycogenic acanthosis
Glycogenic acanthosis is a benign finding on oesophagography in elderly patients.
Epidemiology
It most commonly occurs in patients >40 years of age and incidence and numbers of lesions increase by age. No gender predilection exists. Typically patients are asymptomatic.
Pathology
It occurs f...
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