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Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of DES. Findings on CT scan suggestive of DES include esophageal wall thickening. | |||
==CT scan== | ==CT scan== | ||
*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> | |||
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**[Finding 3] | **[Finding 3] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Madhu Sigdel M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of DES. Findings on CT scan suggestive of DES include esophageal wall thickening.
CT scan
- 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). [1]
- [Finding 2]
- [Finding 3]
OR
- There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name]. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include:
- [Complication 1]
- [Complication 2]
- [Complication 3]
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.