Cervical esophageal webs: association with gastroesophageal reflux

Abdominal Imaging
A R GordonI Laufer

Abstract

We investigated whether there is a significant association between cervical esophageal webs and gastroesophageal reflux on pharyngoesophagography. We studied 50 patients with cervical esophageal webs on pharyngoesophagrams and 50 control subjects. The control group was matched to the webs group for age, sex, and symptomatology. Patients with cervical esophageal webs and controls were compared to determine the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux, hiatal hernias, reflux esophagitis, and abnormal esophageal motility. Pearson's chi-square test was used to determine any statistically significant differences in the frequencies of these findings between groups. Thirty-nine (78%) of 50 patients with cervical esophageal webs versus 27 (54%) of 50 patients in the control group had gastroesophageal reflux (p = 0.01). When patients were classified based on degree of gastroesophageal reflux, 22 (44%) of 50 patients with cervical esophageal webs versus 21 (42%) of 50 controls had mild reflux (p = 0.84), whereas 17 (34%) of 50 patients with webs versus six (12%) of 50 controls (p < 0.009) had moderate/marked reflux. Thus, the prevalence of moderate/marked gastroesophageal reflux was significantly greater in patients with webs than in the co...Continue Reading

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Sep 8, 2010·Dysphagia·Jacqui E AllenPeter C Belafsky
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Feb 3, 2018·Abdominal Radiology·Stephen E Rubesin, Marc S Levine

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