Difference between revisions of "Esophagus"

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 *Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) liquids ''and'' solids.<ref name=pmid24395614/>
-===Gross===
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-*+/-Dilation of the esophagus - esp. in [[Chagas disease]].<ref name=pmid23317615>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pantanali | first1 = CA. | last2 = Herbella | first2 = FA. | last3 = Henry | first3 = MA. | last4 = Mattos Farah | first4 = JF. | last5 = Patti | first5 = MG. | title = Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication in patients with Chagas' disease achalasia and massively dilated esophagus. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-5 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23317615 }}</ref>
+*[[Chagas disease]] - classically with Dilation of the esophagus.<ref name=pmid23317615>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pantanali | first1 = CA. | last2 = Herbella | first2 = FA. | last3 = Henry | first3 = MA. | last4 = Mattos Farah | first4 = JF. | last5 = Patti | first5 = MG. | title = Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication in patients with Chagas' disease achalasia and massively dilated esophagus. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 72-5 | month = Jan | year = 2013 | doi =  | PMID = 23317615 }}</ref>
 ===Microscopic===