In cases of congenital esophageal stenosis due to tracheobronchial remnants, symptoms of partial esophageal obstruction appear at the time of weaning or during early childhood. In the absence of esophagitis, esophagram combined with cinefluoroscopy demonstrates fixed stenosis of distal esophagus and appears to be diagnostic. Dilatation of rigid stenosis is invariably unrewarding and surgic...

a 12 year old child with liodgkin's disease and having received 12 courses of chemotherapy, was referred to thin center with esophageal obstruction. after having performed the necessary investigations, a decision was made to undertake surgery. after surgery, the patient recovered completely and presently enjoys a heallhv life.

in cases of congenital esophageal stenosis due to tracheobronchial remnants, symptoms of partial esophageal obstruction appear at the time of weaning or during early childhood. in the absence of esophagitis, esophagram combined with cinefluoroscopy demonstrates fixed stenosis of distal esophagus and appears to be diagnostic. dilatation of rigid stenosis is invariably unrewarding and surgical re...

         Combination of congenital esophageal atresia and subsequent hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is a rare condition which occurs in early infancy. The underlying etiology and pathophysiology of this association still remains unclear. In this paper we report a unique case of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, for the first time, which occurred in an infant who underwent surgery for type I esophag...

a fifteen-year-old torkaman girl with turner's mosaic kariotype is presented. she has had congenital esophageal stenosis with severe dysphagia since birth and iron deficincy anemia in addition to other classical features of the syndrome. according to author's knowledge this is the first report of a new congenital structural gastrointestinal anomaly with this disease.

SUMMARY A radiologically gasless abdomen in a neonate with EA is usually regarded as being pathognomonic of an absence of distal T.E.F. It has been estimated that up to 1.5% of patient with a distal fistula may have a radiologically gasless abdomens as a manifestation of a very small fistula plugged with mucus. In this case a contrast study via the gastrostomy demonstrated a fistula between th...

kindler syndrome is a rare hereditary disorder that predominantly involves the skin and mucous membrane. acral skin blistering, progressive photosensivity, skin atrophy and poikiloderma that begin from infancy and childhood are considered to be characteristic manifestations. urethral, anal, esophageal, mouth and laryngeal mucosa may be involved in this syndrome, thus periodontitis and gingival ...

The purpose of this retrospective study was to clarify the predictive factors correlated with esophageal stenosis within three months after radiation therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer. We enrolled 47 patients with advanced esophageal cancer with T2-4 and stage II-III who were treated with definitive radiation therapy and achieving complete response of primary lesion at Kyushu Unive...

Recurrent esophageal stenosis following caustic injury may be difficult to treat. A tube stent developed at our institution [1] can be used as an alternative to repetitive endoscopic esophageal stricture dilation. The case of a boy with severe larynx and esophageal caustic injury at the age of 2 years is reported here. Endoscopy (●" Fig.1a) and radiography (●" Fig.2a) performed 3 weeks after th...