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Rev Esp Enferm Dig
; 112(5): 420-421, 2020 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32338014
ABSTRACT
The management and prognosis of benign esophageal strictures differ from those of malignant strictures. Distinguishing between the two entities may occasionally be challenging, despite endoscopy and biopsies. The consequences of erroneous treatment may be fatal. We review this topic in a patient who required an emergency esophagectomy following a perforation after dilation due to a peptic stricture, which concealed an esophageal cancer.
Subject(s)
Esophageal Neoplasms , Esophageal Perforation , Esophageal Stenosis , Constriction, Pathologic , Dilatation , Esophageal Neoplasms/complications , Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery , Esophageal Perforation/diagnostic imaging , Esophageal Perforation/etiology , Esophageal Perforation/surgery , Esophageal Stenosis/diagnostic imaging , Esophageal Stenosis/etiology , Esophageal Stenosis/surgery , Humans , Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
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Rev Esp Enferm Dig
; 108(12): 843-844, 2016 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27809552
ABSTRACT
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), is a rare hereditary myopathy that affects mainly the levator palpebrae and the constrictor pharyngeal muscles, being able to cause severe dysphagia. It can be treated effectively by surgical cricopharyngeal myotomy, as in the case presented below.
