Radiation-induced esophagitis is the most common local acute toxicity of radiotherapy (RT) delivered for the curative or palliative intent treatment of lung cancer. Although concurrent chemotherapy and higher RT dose are associated with increased esophagitis risk, advancements in RT techniques as well as adherence to esophageal dosimetric constraints may reduce the incidence and severity. Mild ...

Shielding the artificial ulcer that is left after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) with a polyglycolic acid (PGA) sheet is a promising method to prevent postoperative complications such as bleeding, perforation, and postoperative stricture, especially in the esophagus [1–4]. The clip and pull method has enabled us to deliver a single undivided PGA sheet that is large enough to completely ...

INTRODUCTION Esophageal involvement by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare and the diagnosis is frequently made by means of an esophageal biopsy during the evaluation of dysphagia. There are few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We present two cases of esophageal tuberculosis in 85- and 65-year-old male Caucasian patients with initial complaints of dysphagia and epigastric pa...

A 60-year-old man presented with dysphagia, which had persisted for 2 months. A barium meal test revealed a stricture in the upper esophagus, and smoothmucosa at the narrow segment of the esophagus (●" Fig.1). He subsequently underwent endoscopy. Endoscopic examination revealed a mucosal bulge in the esophagus at a distance of 18–24cm from the incisors, extending to about half of the esophageal...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS  Cervical esophageal cancer (CEC) is a less common form of cancer and often locally advanced at the time of diagnosis; thus, survival rates for patients with CEC remain poor. However, no reports exist on results of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for superficial cancer at the cervical esophagus. The aim of this retrospective study was to elucidate the clinicopat...

BACKGROUND Late complications of esophageal atresia (EA), particularly esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus, are increasingly being recognized. With the exception of patients with dysphagia associated with esophageal stricture, it is unknown whether patient symptomatology can predict endoscopic findings. METHODS Data regarding the digestive symptoms of patients who were referred to the EA mult...

Esophageal cancers account for majority of synchronous or metachronous head and neck cancers. This study examined the risk of esophageal cancer following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in head and neck cancer patients using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. From 1997 to 2010, we identified and analyzed 1851 PEG patients and 3702 sex-, age-, and index date-matche...

A 29-year-old woman was referred to our department for endoscopic dilation of upper esophageal stricture. Dilation was performed with Savary–Gilliard dilators allowing the passage with resistance of a standard flexible video gastroscope (EG-201FP; Fujinon, Willich, Germany). Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed a double esophageal lumen at 18cm from the incisors. A thick bridge of intact mucosa se...

CONTEXT Severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a lifelong problem that can be complicated by peptic esophageal stricture and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. OBJECTIVE To determine the long-term outcome of medical and surgical therapies for GERD. DESIGN AND SETTING Follow-up study conducted from October 1997 through October 1999 of a prospective randomized trial of medical and sur...