30 results match your criteria: "Esophageal Webs and Rings"
Article Synopsis
- A patient with Barrett's esophagus shows an unusual band of columnar epithelium in the upper esophagus, distinct from a normal squamous lining.
- Endoscopy reveals a mucosal ring at the squamocolumnar junction, first identified through a barium swallow.
- These findings could help understand the causes of upper esophageal webs or rings, linked to Paterson-Kelly syndrome.
Article Synopsis
- - A patient is described with unique, web-like constrictions throughout the entire esophagus.
- - These constrictions differ from previously documented types of esophageal webs and rings.
- - The cause of the condition remains unknown, with no identifiable factors or explanations provided.
A case of a true lower-esophageal web is reported. The web was not visualized on radiological examination, but was visualized and removed by endoscopy. The purpose of this report is to point out that true lower-esophageal webs are different from lower-esophageal rings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe pathology of benign obstructing lesions is presented together with the mechanical problems they create, their radiological appearance, the symptoms which arise from them, and their differential diagnosis by symptoms, based on a study of 230 obstructing lesions.
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