Leverment, J. N. and Mearns Milne, D. (1974). Thorax, 29, 228-231. Palliative intubation for malignant strictures of the oesophagus. Over a 16-year period the Mousseau-Barbin tube was used for palliation in 50 patients suffering from malignant stricture of the oesophagus. In only two cases was the Souttar tube used. Thirty-seven cases were intubated as a primary method of treatment-21 cases wit...

It is the severe form of achalasia that is characterised by massive dilatation and tortuosity of the oesophagus. It is seen in long standing achalasia where the dilated upper segment of the oesophagus sags down below the level of the narrowed lower segment causing mechanical obstruction. Whereas Heller’s cardiomyotomy is considered to be the operation of choice in simple achalasia, it is regard...

Leverment, J. N. and Mearns Milne, D. (1974). Thorax, 29, 228-231. Palliative intubation for malignant strictures of the oesophagus. Over a 16-year period the Mousseau-Barbin tube was used for palliation in 50 patients suffering from malignant stricture of the oesophagus. In only two cases was the Souttar tube used. Thirty-seven cases were intubated as a primary method of treatment-21 cases wit...

of distraction. For example, one swallower lacerated his pharynx when trying to swallow a curved sabre, a second lacerated his oesophagus and developed pleurisy after being distracted by a misbehaving macaw on his shoulder, and a belly dancer suffered a major haemorrhage when a bystander pushed dollar bills into her belt causing three blades in her oesophagus to scissor. Of the 12 cases of prob...

In the present work we describe a 2-year-old boy whose battery ingestion was overlooked, and who had the battery endoscopically removed from the upper part of his oesophagus after several months. This is the only described case of such a long impaction of a lithium battery in the oesophagus, without development of severe complications. We stress the necessity to take into account ingestion of a...

A study of the function of the lower end of the oesophagus in the cat confirms that it behaves as a true physiological sphincter, even though histological evidence for such a structure is absent. Sphincteric action is a function of the circular muscle fibres in the lowest 2 cm. of the oesophagus. Reflex changes in tone of the sphincter are mediated through the autonomic nervous system. The effe...

Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours are rarely found in the oesophagus and it is uncommon for these tumours to present with rupture. In this paper, we report a case where the tumour ruptured through the distal oesophagus. As a result, the patient underwent surgical tumour dissection. A histopathological examination of the tumour mass confirmed that it was a gastro-intestinal stromal tumour. In th...

Leverment, J. N. and Mearns Milne, D. (1974). Thorax, 29, 228-231. Palliative intubation for malignant strictures of the oesophagus. Over a 16-year period the Mousseau-Barbin tube was used for palliation in 50 patients suffering from malignant stricture of the oesophagus. In only two cases was the Souttar tube used. Thirty-seven cases were intubated as a primary method of treatment-21 cases wit...

*Assistant Professor, **Professor, Department of Medicine, KPC Medical College, 1F Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata – 700032, West Bengal Received: 19.11.2012; Accepted; 12.12.2012 A 42 year old woman complained of fullness of abdomen and flatulence for last two years. There was no history of vomiting, heartburn, dysphagia, pain in abdomen, diarrhoea or constipation. Clinical examinati...