Items tagged “esophagography”
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Esophageal web
Esophageal webs refer to an esophageal constriction caused by a thin mucosal membrane projecting into the lumen.
Epidemiology
Esophageal webs tend to affect middle-aged females.
Clinical presentation
Patients are usually asymptomatic and the finding may be incidental and unimportant. However...
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Phrenic ampulla
The phrenic ampulla (also known as the esophageal vestibule) is the region between the A-ring and B-ring of the distal esophagus. The gastro-esophageal junction is below the ampulla (and gastric folds should not enter the region of the ampulla).
Differential diagnosis
The ampulla is more promi...
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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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Hyoid elevation
Hyoid elevation on a modified barium swallow study indicates that the pharyngeal muscles are contracting appropriately.
Radiographic features
Modified barium swallow
With real time fluoroscopy (or videofluoroscopy) during the act of swallowing, the larynx moves upward and forward when there i...
Case
"Ballooning" of the distal esophagus after Heller myotomy
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21 Jul 2015
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