BACKGROUND Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a major postoperative complication after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PpPD) and sometimes causes reflux esophagitis. In most cases, this morbidity is controllable by proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) and very rarely results in esophageal stricture. Balloon dilation is usually performed for benign esophageal stricture, and esophagectomy was rar...

cation after surgical repair in children with esophageal atresia. The usual treat− ment is endoscopic dilatation. If this fails, reoperation is needed. A male infant presented with type 1 esophageal atresia [1]. A gastrostomy was performed on day 1 after birth, defi− nitive repair being delayed because of the long gap. Three months later an ileoceco− coloplasty was performed, the ileum being an...

Scleroderma is a generalized autoimmune disease with variable involvement of the skin and major organs (esophagus, lung, heart and kidney). Scleroderma is essentially a skin disease that frequently involves the digestive system. In scleroderma, the esophagus is the most frequently affected organ of the digestive system, and esophageal dysmotility, reflux and stricture may be observed in the adv...

Esophageal strictures commonly complicate radiation therapy for neck and thoracic malignancies. We here report a case of radiation induced stricture esophagus and illustrate the classical barium esophagogram in this condition. 58 year old male with past history of carcinoma esophagus treated with radiotherapy had presented with recurrence of dysphagia. Dysphagia was insidious in onset and was p...

Esophageal stricture is a common issue faced by clinicians who care for patients with foregut disorders. Generally, strictures can be effectively managed using endoscopic techniques such as dilation. Improved control of the primary pathology, in most cases gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is also typically effective in limiting recurrence of a stricture after therapy. However, while many...

BACKGROUND In type 1 multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN1), esophageal diseases association with excessive gastrin secretion in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) sometimes develop. Here, we reported a case of MEN1/ZES, who developed dysphagia due to reflux esophagitis with severe esophageal stricture. Treatment for his esophageal stricture and ZES was discussed. CASE PRESENTATION A 43-year-old m...

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,...

A 77-year-old female was admitted to our hospital for worsening of dysphagia and weight loss. Past clinical history was remarkable for type 1 diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism secondary to previous Hashimoto‘s thyroiditis. Physical examination showed no systemic signs of Lichen Planus (LP). Upper endoscopic examination revealed the presence of a tight proximal esophageal stricture (Fig. 1) w...