commonly diagnosed esophageal disorder in horses and is often caused by impaction with feed or bedding material.1–3 Although resolution of esophageal impaction is most often achieved conservatively, internal esophageal trauma can cause considerable damage and ulceration of the mucosa.2 Spontaneous healing of mucosal defects with conservative management consisting of administration of antibiotic...

A 48-year-old man presented to our hospital with corrosive (sulfuric acid)-induced esophageal and pyloric strictures and a barium study showing narrowing of a long segment in the distal esophagus (●" Fig.1a), reduced capacity of stomach, and antropyloric narrowing (●" Fig.1b). Balloon dilation (Boston Scientific, Natick, Massachusetts, USA) of esophageal and pyloric strictures was done over a p...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the clinical profile of patients with benign strictures of middle and lower thirds of esophagus , to analyse the grade of dysphagia and site of stricture by barium swallow and to describe the endoscopic and histopathological findings in them Methods: It was a prospective, cross sectional, descriptive study where thirty patients with benign struc...

Esophagectomy and esophageal replacement with a gastric tube are the procedures of choice for resectable esophageal carcinoma. Postoperative stricture at the level of the esophagogastric anastomosis is a wellknown complication of this procedure. Much less common is the development of a benign fistula communicating the gastric tube and the airway. We report the clinical case of a patient in whom...

In the present report, we describe a case of long-term follow-up esophageal stricture occurring in a patient with nasogastric tube use. A 63-year-old man who had experienced dislocation of the 6th and 7th cervical vertebrae as the result of an external injury received treatment at another hospital and was admitted to the rehabilitation department of our hospital. After he exhibited normal swall...

following balloon dilation Balloon dilation is an established treatment for benign esophageal strictures [1]. We report a rare case of pneumoencephalus secondary to balloon dilation of a peptic stricture. An 84-year-old woman was referred with a year-long history of dysphagia and reflux symptoms. Barium swallow showed a 2-cm stricture in the distal third of the esophagus (●" Fig.1). Initial gas...