The differential diagnosis of esophageal cancer

Monday, March 31, 2008 · Posted in

The disease should identify with the following diseases:
(1) of esophageal achalasia patients with a predilection for young women, of course, be re-light symptoms. Esophageal barium meal examination showed lower esophageal a smooth funnel-shaped narrow, Antispasmodic agents can use the expansion.
(2) benign esophageal stenosis can be swallowed Fushiji, esophageal burns, foreign body injury, such as chronic ulcers caused by the scar. Longer course, Yanxia difficult development to a certain extent that is no longer increasing. He asked in detail about the history of X-ray and barium meal examination can be identified.
(C) mainly benign esophageal leiomyoma rare, longer course, Yanxia more difficult for intermittent. X-ray inspection may show that there esophageal circular, oval or lobulated filling defect, edge, looked around normal mucosa profiling.
(D) hysteria of the ball was particularly prevalent in young women, pharynx when the ball like a foreign body sensation, eating disappear, and often induced by psychological factors. The disease virtually no organic esophageal lesions, it is not difficult to identify with esophageal cancer.
(5) Iron deficiency Jiemo esophagitis mostly women, with the exception of Yanxia difficulties, can still have low pigment small cell anemia, Shetan, and the lack of anti-acid-level performance.
(6) esophageal diseases such as peripheral organs mediastinal tumor, aneurysm, goiter, such as increased heart. In addition to mediastinal tumor invasion esophagus, the X-ray can show that the barium meal examination of the esophagus is smooth pressure trace, profiling normal mucosa.

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