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*Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of DES. Findings on CT scan suggestive of DES include: | *Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of DES. Findings on CT scan suggestive of DES include: | ||
**Esophageal wall thickening in lower thoracic esophagus (seen in 21% of cases with findings of DES on barium studies). <ref name="pmid18716106">{{cite journal| author=Goldberg MF, Levine MS, Torigian DA| title=Diffuse esophageal spasm: CT findings in seven patients. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 2008 | volume= 191 | issue= 3 | pages= 758-63 | pmid=18716106 | doi=10.2214/AJR.07.3747 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18716106 }}</ref> | **Esophageal wall thickening in lower thoracic esophagus (seen in 21% of cases with findings of DES on barium studies). <ref name="pmid18716106">{{cite journal| author=Goldberg MF, Levine MS, Torigian DA| title=Diffuse esophageal spasm: CT findings in seven patients. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 2008 | volume= 191 | issue= 3 | pages= 758-63 | pmid=18716106 | doi=10.2214/AJR.07.3747 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18716106 }}</ref> | ||
** | **Thickening is smooth, symmetric, circumferential of the distal two-thirds of the esophagus with normal periesophageal fat.<ref name="pmid9071309">{{cite journal| author=Nino-Murcia M, Stark P, Triadafilopoulos G| title=Esophageal wall thickening: a CT finding in diffuse esophageal spasm. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 1997 | volume= 21 | issue= 2 | pages= 318-21 | pmid=9071309 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9071309 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of DES. Findings on CT scan suggestive of DES include esophageal wall thickening.
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- Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of DES. Findings on CT scan suggestive of DES include:
References
- ↑ Goldberg MF, Levine MS, Torigian DA (2008). "Diffuse esophageal spasm: CT findings in seven patients". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 191 (3): 758–63. doi:10.2214/AJR.07.3747. PMID 18716106.
- ↑ Nino-Murcia M, Stark P, Triadafilopoulos G (1997). "Esophageal wall thickening: a CT finding in diffuse esophageal spasm". J Comput Assist Tomogr. 21 (2): 318–21. PMID 9071309.