Oesophageal Symptoms and Motility Disorders
| Autor: | M Tebaldi, RC Heading |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Chest discomfort Physical examination General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Gastroenterology Dysphagia Surgery Angina Clinical diagnosis Internal medicine Regurgitation (digestion) Medicine In patient medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Medicine. 31:3-9 |
| ISSN: | 1357-3039 |
| Popis: | Clinical diagnosis of oesophageal disease largely depends on an accurate history; physical examination is generally unrewarding. Symptoms of disordered transit (dysphagia, regurgitation) with pain typify oesophageal disease. Pain or chest discomfort (including retrosternal burning) alone is not specific to oesophageal disease; it may occur in various conditions ranging from angina pectoris to disease of the chest wall, pulmonary disease and intra-abdominal pathology. The symptoms of disordered transit are more specific to oesophageal disease and are encountered in oesophageal motor disorders and in patients with structural abnormalities such as inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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