In this case report, we described a 74-year-old female patient with major complaint of respiratory problemsdyspnea after meal. Chest X-ray of the patient revealed a  gianttype IV hiatal hernia. Preoperative evaluations of the patient included esophagoscopy, esophageal manometry, barium swallow, and CT-scan. Repair of the hernia was performed using a dual mesh on the diaphragm and partial anteri...

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic inflammatory process characterized by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and, histologically, by eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus. In adults, it commonly presents with dysphagia, food impaction, and chest or abdominal pain. Chronic inflammation can lead to diffuse narrowing of the esophageal lumen which may cause food impaction. Endoscopic p...

Aim To assess the correlation of symptoms with findings on esophageal high-resolution manometry (HRM) in Indian patients. Materials and methods Prospective data collection of all patients undergoing esophageal manometry was done at two centers in India-Indore and Chennai-over a period of 18 months. Symptom profile of the study group was divided into four: Motor dysphagia, noncardiac chest pai...

Results: There were over 77 million estimated hospital admissions in the period evaluated, of which 271 983 were associated with dysphagia. Dysphagia was most commonly associated with fluid or electrolyte disorder, esophageal disease, stroke, aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and congestive heart failure. The median number of hospitalization days for all patients with dysphagia was...

BACKGROUND Carcinoma of the esophagus often presents at an advanced stage, with absolute dysphagia or aspiration. Palliative procedures have an important role in improving the quality of life (QOL) of patients who are not candidates for curative therapy. We report on the efficacy and complications of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) in such patients. METHODS Ultraflex nitinol SEMS were p...

in this paper, two patients with severe dysphagia and esophageal stricture secondary to epidermolysis bullosa are presented and discussed. they are siblings of an affected family. primary resection and anastomosis had been performed previously in both patients, but dysphagia had recurred. we treated these patients with free jejunal graft to the esophagus with excellent results. both patients ar...

CONTEXT Videofluoroscopic swallowing study is a dynamic exam and allows the evaluation of the complete swallowing process. However, most published studies have only reported alterations in the oropharynx and pharyngoesophageal transition, leaving the analysis of the esophagus as a secondary goal. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of alterations in the esophag...

BACKGROUND Self-expandable stents loaded with 125I (iodine 125) seeds may combine the advantages of the immediate relief of esophageal dysphagia with stent placement and radiation therapy with brachytherapy. We compared the self-expanding irradiation stent with a conventional self-expandable covered stent in patients with malignant dysphagia due to recurrent esophageal cancer. METHODS The pat...

Dysphagia is the perception that there is an impediment to the normal passage of swallowed material. Odynophagia is the sensation of pain on swallowing. Dysphagia can be caused by a number of disorders, benign and malignant, that involve either the oropharynx or the esophagus. The purpose of this report is to develop a rational approach to the treatment of adult patients who have dysphagia caus...

Esophageal lipomas are rare tumors, making up 0.4% of all digestive tract benign neoplasms. Most of these lesions are clinically silent as a result of their small size, however, the majority of lesions over 4 cm have been reported to cause dysphagia, regurgitation and/or epigastralgia. We report a case of a 53 year-old African American female who presented with dysphagia. Computed tomography of...