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'''Esophageal stricture''' is a [[clinical diagnosis]]. Considered broadly, strictures may be benign or [[malignant]]. | '''Esophageal stricture''' is usually a [[clinical diagnosis]]. Considered broadly, strictures may be benign or [[malignant]]. | ||
This article deals primarily with '''benign stricture of the [[esophagus]]''' or '''benign esophageal stricture'''. | This article deals primarily with '''benign stricture of the [[esophagus]]''' or '''benign esophageal stricture'''. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Strictures in general: | |||
*Malignant - it is the pathologists job to help rule-out these. | |||
*Benign. | |||
Treatment: | Treatment: | ||
*Stenting.<ref name=pmid24117639>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hourneaux de Moura | first1 = EG. | last2 = Toma | first2 = K. | last3 = Goh | first3 = KL. | last4 = Romero | first4 = R. | last5 = Dua | first5 = KS. | last6 = Felix | first6 = VN. | last7 = Levine | first7 = MS. | last8 = Kochhar | first8 = R. | last9 = Appasani | first9 = S. | title = Stents for benign and malignant esophageal strictures. | journal = Ann N Y Acad Sci | volume = 1300 | issue = | pages = 119-43 | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/nyas.12242 | PMID = 24117639 }}</ref> | *Stenting.<ref name=pmid24117639>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hourneaux de Moura | first1 = EG. | last2 = Toma | first2 = K. | last3 = Goh | first3 = KL. | last4 = Romero | first4 = R. | last5 = Dua | first5 = KS. | last6 = Felix | first6 = VN. | last7 = Levine | first7 = MS. | last8 = Kochhar | first8 = R. | last9 = Appasani | first9 = S. | title = Stents for benign and malignant esophageal strictures. | journal = Ann N Y Acad Sci | volume = 1300 | issue = | pages = 119-43 | month = Oct | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1111/nyas.12242 | PMID = 24117639 }}</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Esophagus]]. | *[[Esophagus]]. | ||
*[[Achalasia]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||