Esophageal Infections
Esophageal Infections Odynophagia, and to a lesser degree, dysphagia are most common symptoms Others: Nausea, dysgeusia, heartburn, chest pain, fever, bleeding, hiccups FUNGAL: CANDIDA ALBICANS Most common cause of infectious…
Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal Cancer (Gastroenterology 2005;128:1468-70. Am J Gastroenterol 1999;94:20-29) DEFINITION: Cancer of the esophagus EPIDEMIOLOGY: Incidence <10/100,000 However, the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased sharply in U.S. The incidence of…
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis DEFINITION: A rare, nonparasitic inflammatory disease of the GI tract with various degrees of eosinophilic infiltration anywhere in the tubular intestinal tract and biliary tree in the absence…
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Eosinophilic Esophagitis DEFINITION: Characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus presumably due to allergic or idiopathic causes EPIDEMIOLOGY: Not well studied, but reported in several countries in the world Majority…
Dysphagia/Odynophagia
Dysphagia/Odynophagia (Gastroenterology. 1999;117:229-32 & 233-54) DEFINITION: Difficulty swallowing and passing food from the mouth or esophagus to the stomach Divided into: Oropharyngeal or Esophageal (See Etiologies below) Globus (hystericus): feeling…
Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
Dyspepsia (Indigestion) (Am J Gastroenterol. 2005;100:2324-37; Gastroenterology. 1998;114:579-81 & 582-95) DEFINITION: Chronic or recurrent pain or discomfort centered in upper abdomen Patients with predominant or frequent (>once/week) heartburn should be…
Diverticula of Esophagus (Zenker’s)
Diverticula of Esophagus (Zenker’s) DEFINITION: Zenker’s Diverticula: upper esophageal diverticula Traction Diverticula: midesophageal diverticula Epiphrenic Diverticula: distal esophageal diverticula PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Zenker’s: Impaired cricopharyngeal compliance, usually due to fibrotic changes, causes…
Barrett’s Esophagus (BE)
Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) (Gastroenterol 2006;131:1392-99 & 2005;128:1468-70. Am J. Gastroenterol 2002;97:1888-95) DEFINITION: Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is displacement of the squamocolumnar junction (SCJ) proximally to the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) and intestinal…
Differential Diagnoses for Abdominal and Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Differential Diagnoses for Abdominal and Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Successful implementation of abdominal and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) consists of the following steps: creation of high-quality images, detection of…
