this is the first documented case of esophageal carcinoma in a 14 year old boy which has been reported to date. carcinoma of the esophagus is rare before the third decade. the present case highlights the fact that the condition should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of progressive dysphagia even in children and teenagers

esophageal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in our country. patients often seek medical advice in advanced and inoperable stages or with cervical esophageal cancer, in which operation is accompanied by sever morbidity. in this conditions many of them cannot tolerate chemo-radiation, or refuse it. therefore radiotherapy is applied as a single modality in palliation of many patients ...

Idiopathic achalasia is a motility disorder affecting the lower esophageal sphincter. Dysphagia hallmark symptom, but patients may exhibit other symptoms. The aim of this review to compare symptoms globally. PubMed and Google Scholar were filtered from 1952–2021 with search terms achalasia, epidemiology, diet, countries, genetics. A total 14 articles addressed demographics, symptom profiles, ge...

Introduction: Arteria lusoria is an aberrant right subclavian artery. In symptomatic cases, patients report dysphagia and only in few cases dyspnea, due to external compression of the trachea and esophagus. Symptoms occur in advanced age and diagnosis is made with chest HRCT, when other causes of dysphagia have been excluded.    Case Report: An 83-year-old woman presented with dyspnea and m...

    Background: Dysphagia is frequently observed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Dysphagia and its complications are common causes of morbidity and mortality in final stages of MS disease. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of dysphagia in Iranian patients with MS and identifying predictors associated with dysphagia.    Methods: A total of 230 MS ...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, expected course, prognosis, and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disorder of the nervous system associated with progressive weakness. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE PubMed and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were searched using the MeSH headings "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," "therapy," "epidemi...