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A benign esophageal stricture, or peptic stricture, [1] is a narrowing or tightening of the esophagus that causes swallowing difficulties. Signs and symptoms
Esophageal stricture can also be due to other causes, such as acid reflux from Zollinger–Ellison syndrome, trauma from a nasogastric tube placement, and chronic acid exposure in patients with poor esophageal motility from scleroderma. Other non-acid related causes of peptic strictures include infectious esophagitis, ingestion of chemical ...
Esophageal motility disorders, such as achalasia, where the esophageal muscles don’t contract properly. Esophageal strictures, when scar tissue from acid reflux, infections or surgery causes ...
Treatment primarily consists of addressing the underlying cause of EGJOO. [2] For example, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with reflux esophagitis is treated with proton pump inhibitors. Esophageal rings or strictures may be treated with esophageal dilation. Simple observation may be considered, [5] especially if symptoms are minimal or ...
Esophageal dysphagia: Lumen Impacted foreign body; Wall: Esophageal atresia; Benign strictures, due to reflux esophagitis, swallowed corrosives, tuberculosis, and radiotherapy, scleroderma/systemic sclerosis; Spasms, due to achalasia, Paterson-Kelly syndrome, esophageal webs, and esophageal rings; Neoplasms, such as esophageal cancer ...
GERD sometimes causes injury to the esophagus. These injuries may include one or more of the following: Reflux esophagitis – inflammation of esophageal epithelium which can cause ulcers near the junction of the stomach and esophagus [19] Esophageal strictures – the persistent narrowing of the esophagus caused by reflux-induced inflammation
An esophageal food bolus obstruction is a medical emergency caused by the obstruction of the esophagus by an ingested foreign body.. It is usually associated with diseases that may narrow the lumen of the esophagus, such as eosinophilic esophagitis, Schatzki rings, peptic strictures, webs, or cancers of the esophagus; rarely it can be seen in disorders of the movement of the esophagus, such as ...
Complications of the disorder include stricture of the esophagus, which can lead to food bolus obstruction, and weight loss. Treatment of lymphocytic esophagitis includes medications meant to target the esophagus topically, such as budesonide, but also procedures to deal with complications, such as esophageal dilation.