Pharyngo-oesophageal webs in dysphageal patients
O. Ekberg, J. Malmquist, S. Lindgren · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 1986 · Heft 07 · S. 75-80
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Zusammenfassung Among 1134 patients, cineradiologically examined because of dysphagia, 85 (7.5 %) had webs in the pharyngo-oesophageal segment. Webs were more common in women (10 %) compared to men (5 %). Radiologic characteristics of the webs such as precise location, multiplicity, circumferential extension, thickness, accompanying streamline phenomenon and encroachment on the lumen, were compared to the presence of concomitant anaemia, thyroid disease, neoplasm, as well as the age and sex of the patients. Webs were regularly deeper in women compared to men. Patients with iron deficiency anaemia had thicker web…