Items tagged “oesophagus”
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Candida esophagitis
Candida esophagitis is the most common cause of infectious esophagitis that commonly affects immunocompromised patients. On imaging, it is characterized by irregular plaque-like lesions separated by normal mucosa and small (<1 cm) ulcers, which are assessed on esophagogram studies.
Epidemiolo...
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Sliding hiatus hernia
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05 May 2013
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Carcinoma of esophagus
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31 Jan 2014
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CT
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Esophageal leiomyoma
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31 May 2014
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CT
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Esophageal leiomyoma
Esophageal leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle neoplasm of the esophagus. It is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus.
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.
Clinical p...
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Esophageal bronchus
Esophageal bronchus, a.k.a. communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation, refers to the rare occurrence where a bronchus arises directly from the esophagus.
Epidemiology
It is more common in females with a M:F of 1:2 2.
Gross anatomy
Esophageal bronchi may be the main bronchus, which...
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Upper esophageal cancer
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14 Jul 2014
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Fluoroscopy
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A ring (esophagus)
A rings are a type of distal esophageal ring. They are above the B ring and occur a few centimeters proximal to the gastro-esophageal junction. They represent a physiological contraction of esophageal smooth muscle covered by mucosa. A rings are uncommonly symptomatic.
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Esophageal web
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21 Nov 2014
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Fluoroscopy
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Non-specific esophageal motility disorder
Non-specific esophageal motility disorder (NSMD) is one of the esophageal dysmotility disorders. It is used to describe patients with esophageal dysmotility that do not meet diagnostic criteria for other esophageal motility disorders.
Clinical presentation
Patients may be asymptomatic or pres...
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Diffuse esophageal spasm
Diffuse/distal esophageal spasm (DOS) is a motility disorder of the esophagus. On barium swallow, diffuse esophageal spasm may appear as a corkscrew esophagus, but this is uncommon. Manometry is the gold standard diagnostic test.
Diffuse esophageal spasm differs from hypercontracting esophagus ...
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Achalasia
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27 Jan 2015
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Barrett esophagus
Barrett esophagus is a term for intestinal metaplasia of the esophagus. It is considered the precursor lesion for esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Epidemiology
Barrett esophagus is thought to have a prevalence of 3-15% in patients with reflux esophagitis. Mean age at diagnosis is 55 years old 5.
Ri...
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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 esophageal vestibule) is the region between the A-ring and B-ring of the distal esophagus. The gastro-esophageal junction is below the ampulla (and gastric folds should not enter the region of the ampulla).
Differential diagnosis
The ampulla is more promi...
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Esophageal myotomy
Esophageal myotomy (or Heller myotomy) is a procedure that can be performed to treat a lower esophageal sphincter that fails to relax (e.g. achalasia). The procedure involves a longitudinal incision of the distal esophageal musculature to break the sphincter tone.
A fundoplication wrap can be p...
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"Ballooning" of the distal esophagus 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 esophagography 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 fr...
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