Items tagged “barium swallow”
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Achalasia
Achalasia (primary achalasia) is a failure of organised oesophageal peristalsis that causes impaired relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter, resulting in food stasis and often marked dilatation of the oesophagus.
Obstruction of the distal oesophagus from other non-functional aetiologies...
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Oesophageal web
Oesophageal webs refer to an oesophageal constriction caused by a thin mucosal membrane projecting into the lumen.
Epidemiology
Oesophageal webs tend to affect middle-aged females.
Clinical presentation
Patients are usually asymptomatic and the finding may be incidental and unimportant. Howe...
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Pharyngeal pouch
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30 Mar 2009
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Broncho-oesophageal fistula
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23 May 2014
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CT
Barium
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Candida oesophagitis
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26 May 2015
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Fluoroscopy
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Phrenic ampulla
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15 Jul 2015
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Phrenic ampulla
The phrenic ampulla (also known as the oesophageal vestibule) is the region between the A-ring and B-ring of the distal oesophagus. The gastro-oesophageal junction is below the ampulla (and gastric folds should not enter the region of the ampulla).
Differential diagnosis
The ampulla is more pr...
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Passavant cushion
The Passavant cushion or ridge is a small prominence in the posterior pharynx, formed from a focal bulge of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscles during swallowing.
The "cushion" opposes the soft palate during the act of swallowing and is part of the seal between soft palate and pharynx t...
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Oesophageal myotomy
Oesophageal myotomy (or Heller myotomy) is a procedure that can be performed to treat a lower oesophageal sphincter that fails to relax (e.g. achalasia). The procedure involves a longitudinal incision of the distal oesophageal musculature to break the sphincter tone.
A fundoplication wrap can b...
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"Ballooning" of the distal oesophagus after Heller myotomy
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21 Jul 2015
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Normal barium swallow (lateral view)
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21 Jul 2015
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Granular mucosal pattern of the oesophagus (differential)
Granular mucosal pattern of the oesophagus represents very fine nodularity of the oesophageal mucosal surface. This finding is non-specific and may represent:
reflux oesophagitis (most common)
Candida oesophagitis
glycogenic acanthosis
Barrett oesophagus
superficial spreading oesophageal ca...
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Glycogenic acanthosis
Glycogenic acanthosis is a benign finding on oesophagography in elderly patients.
Epidemiology
It most commonly occurs in patients >40 years of age and incidence and numbers of lesions increase by age. No gender predilection exists. Typically patients are asymptomatic.
Pathology
It occurs f...
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Normal oesophageal contours on barium swallow
There are a number of normal oesophageal contours or impressions that are encountered when performing a barium swallow. It is important to be able to differentiate normal contours and their variants, as well as contours that may indicate disease. Below is a list of anatomical structures that may...
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Water siphon test
The water siphon test may be performed as part of a barium swallow to assess for gastro-oesophageal reflux. It is performed in the supine RPO position with the patient drinking water continuously. The test is said to be positive if there is visible barium reflux in the oesophagus, and is more se...
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Barium aspiration
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16 Jul 2016
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Fluoroscopy
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Eosinophilic oesophagitis
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10 Feb 2019
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Oesophageal carcinoma
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03 Apr 2020
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Achalasia
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11 Oct 2020
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Fluoroscopy
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Barium swallow aspiration
Published
18 Mar 2021
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Fluoroscopy
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