THE ESOPHAGUS IN RADIOLOGIC PROBLEMS

Abstract

Examination of the esophagus must go considerably beyond observation of “a barium swallow”; it must include a thorough study of the hypopharynx, the cervical esophagus and the thoracic esophagus. Dysphagia, which is almost always the presenting complaint, may be due to a number of lesions originating outside the esophagus and thus cause no sign of mucous membrane destruction or of filling defect.

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