Review Article
Pharmacological Management of Esophageal Food Bolus Impaction
Box 1
Causes of esophageal impaction.
Benign | (i) Poorly masticated food | (ii) Schatzki ring | (iii) Esophageal web | (iv) Peptic stricture | (v) Postsurgical stricture | (vi) Eosinophilic Esophagitis | (vii) Esophageal dysmotility (see Box 2) | (viii) Neurologic disorders | (ix) Collagen vascular diseases | (x) Submucosal mass | (xi) Paraesophageal hernia | Malignant | (i) Esophageal cancer | (ii) Gastric cancer | (iii) Mediastinal tumors |
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