The postcricoid impression masquerading as an esophageal tumor

Autor: Friedland, Gerald W., Filly, Roy
Zdroj: Digestive Diseases and Sciences; March 1975, Vol. 20 Issue: 3 p287-291, 5p
Abstrakt: Summary A case has been reported of a 57-year-old man who underwent negative neck exploration for an apparent mass, supposedly lying between the esophagus and trachea, which was seen elsewhere on an esophagram and at bronchoscopy. A postoperative esophagram performed at Stanford demonstrated a typical postcricoid impression. This impression forms on the anterior esophageal wall, immediately below the slight impression which the cricoid cartilage's posterior lamina sometimes produces. It can assume seven different shapes. Unlike a tumor, it is transient and varies in size and shape.
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