Esophageal stricture assessment by esophagogram: A pictorial review of differential diagnosis
The purpose of this article is to review the most frequent conditions associated with esophageal strictures on esophagogram. The most common causes include caustic ingestion, radiation therapy, malignancy, extrinsic compression, gastroesophageal reflux disease, infectious esophagitis, systemic disea...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/81439 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/81439 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Esophageal diseases esophageal stenosis esophagus esophageal neoplasms esophageal achalasia radiography radiology radiotherapy |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this article is to review the most frequent conditions associated with esophageal strictures on esophagogram. The most common causes include caustic ingestion, radiation therapy, malignancy, extrinsic compression, gastroesophageal reflux disease, infectious esophagitis, systemic diseases and membranes and rings. Adequate characterization of the stricture is necessary for formulation of the best diagnostic hypothesis and can be used to distinguish between malignant and non-malignant conditions.Keywords: Esophageal diseases; esophageal stenosis; esophagus; esophageal neoplasms; esophageal achalasia; radiography; radiology; radiotherapy |
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