A one-and-a-half-year-old male dog of the Caniche breed was examined for repeated regurgitation episodes. At clinical examination food or liquid regurgitation episodes were reported at different times after food ingestion. The esophagus was visualized with the videoendoscope and then examined on liquid barium sulphate. The assessment revealed the existence of two cervically and mediastinally (i...

cutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube inserted for palliation of dysphagia due to a large, epiphrenic esophageal diverticulum. After PEG feeding for 1 month, he complained of persistent, disabling diarrhea. Potential infective or organic causeswere excluded after extensive negative investigations and feeding regimen adjustment. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) incidentally performed fo...

The muscle coat of the human lower oesophageal sphincter and stomach was studied 5 cm above and 4 cm below the gastro-oesophageal junction. Four subjects were operated on for motility disorders of the esophagus, two for a hypertensive lower oesophageal sphincter and two for an epiphrenic diverticulum; six subjects were operated on for oesophageal or gastric carcinomas. Specimens were fixed in p...

background although heller myotomy is one of the most effective treatments for achalasia, it may be associated with early or late symptom relapse in some patients. therefore, additional treatment is required to achieve better control of symptoms. aim : to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pneumatic balloon dilation (pbd) in patients with symptom relapse after heller myotomy. methods thirty si...

CHEST, VOL. 63, NO. 6, JUNE 1973 Cytology in Diagnosis of Cancer Affecting the Lung Ute Wagner Rosa, Joao Carlos Prolla, Eleonor de Silva Gastal, Porto Alegre, Brazil 203 A Study of Arrival of Excitation at Selected Ventricular Sites during Human Bundle Branch Block Using Close Bipolar Catheter Electrodes Agustin Castellanos, Jr.; Abdul S. Agha; Benjamin Befeler; Cesar A. Castillo; Barouh V. Be...

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is a life-threatening disease that extends into the pretracheal, perivascular, retrovisceral, and/or prevertebral spaces, generally sparing esophagus. We report case of deep neck abscess complicated by phlegmonous esophagitis and mediastinitis. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics surgery, combining transcervical bilateral thoracoscopic tran...