Background Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE) may offer a less expensive, mobile alternative to sedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) for evaluations of reflux related complications. Comparisons of imaging quality by these methods are lacking. Methods Two reviewers evaluated videos of TNE and EGD procedures, performed during a community randomized study comparing endoscopic techniques....

life as an outstanding physician and a pioneer of laryngobrnochoesophascopy in Iran. He completed elementary school in Ardestan and high school in Isfahan and then enrolled at the Tehran School of Medicine, graduating in 1952. In due course, he continued his medical training in otolaryngology at the Amir Aalam educational wards, he went to the US to continue his post-graduate training in the up...

OBJECTIVE To determine the current public health burden of injuries due to caustic ingestion in children. DESIGN The 2009 Kids' Inpatient Database provides data on a sample of all pediatric hospital discharges in the United States during that year. Children with caustic ingestion injuries requiring hospitalization were identified by corresponding codes from the International Classification of...

A case of a three-year-old male child who was admitted to our hospital with the suspicion that he had swallowed a battery approximately one hour before admittance. The parents believed that it was a button-shaped lithium battery approximately 12 mm in diameter. A chest X-ray was taken immediately, and a battery was identified in the esophagus at the fifth thoracic vertebra. By reviewing the chi...

during a period of 4 years (1983-1986), we have seen 18 patients with esophageal ulcer following the intake of doxycycline capsules at the university hospitals of shiraz medical school. during the same period only one other patient with a drug-induced esophageal ulcer was seen and this was found to be due to a mefenemic acid capsule. diagnosis was made by esophagoscopy and after two weeks, foll...

: Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) refers to a pathological connection between the tracheo-bronchial tree and esophagus, may be found in 5–15% of esophageal 1% malignancies. Individuals with such advanced malignancy resulting TEF, are usually at terminal stages disease. They often burdened intolerance feeding subject frequent pulmonary infections secondary respiratory contamination. Presentation...

introduction:spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema are rare, but serious complications of inflammatory myopathies and occur more commonly in dm than pm. complications of dermatomyositis (dm) and polymyositis (pm), both of which can be fatal. case report:a 20-year-old woman was admitted with neck pain, dyspnea, cough, and fever. she had been diagnosed with derma...