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Esophageal Stenosis Caused by Peptic Esophagitis or Ulceration

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 15 Apr 1954 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 250, pages 642-651 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

Authors: E B, BENEDICT; J E, GILLESPIE;

doi: 10.1056/nejm195404152501506

pmid: 5325412 , 13154601

Esophageal Stenosis Caused by Peptic Esophagitis or Ulceration

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Abstract

SINCE operations on the esophagus are now commonplace and since peptic stenosis of the esophagus is of great current interest to the internist, radiologist, endoscopist and thoracic surgeon, it seems appropriate to review this controversial subject and bring it up to date. Etiology Incidence Vinson1 found 40 cases of unknown origin among 243 patients with benign stenosis of the esophagus. Benedict and Sweet2 reported 60 cases of what is now termed peptic stenosis among 1000 patients undergoing esophagoscopy. Of 1340 patients examined in this clinic, 119 (8.7 per cent) had peptic stenosis (100 of these being the basis of a . . .

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Harvard University
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Keywords

Esophagus, Esophageal Stenosis, Humans, Constriction, Pathologic, Esophagitis, Peptic

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