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Radiology of the Esophagus:
A Pattern Approach
Marc S. Levine, M.D.
Consultant for Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.
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Patterns of Disease
• Nodules or plaques
• Ulcers
• Abnormal Folds
• Strictures
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Diffuse Nodules or Plaques
Cause
Reflux
Candida
Glycogenic
acanthosis
Finding
Poorly defined nodules
Discrete plaques
Nodules or plaques
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Localized Nodules or Plaques
Cause
Candida
Superficial Ca
Barrett’s
Finding
Discrete plaques
Coalescent nodules
Reticular pattern
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Ectopic Gastric Mucosa
• Congenital anomaly due to incomplete reg of columnar epith in fetal esophagus
• Unrelated to Barrett’s
• No clinical significance
• 4% of population at endo
• Rt lateral wall at thorac inlet
• Flat ulcer or dissection
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Herpes Esophagitis
in Healthy Pts
• Young men (15-30 y/o)
• Sexual partners with OP herpes
• Flu-like prodrome (3-10 days)
• Severe odynophagia
• Multiple tiny ulcers
• Sx resolve in 3-14 days
Drug-Induced Esophagitis
• Contact esophagitis due to oral medications
• Usually at level of aortic arch or left main bronchus
• Discrete, superficial ulcers
• Severe odynophagia, but rapid clinical improvement
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HIV-Related Ulcers
• Odynophagia and giant ulcers
• Maculopapular rash
• Recent seroconversion
• Biopsies, brushings, & cultures
negative for CMV
• Treatment with steroids
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Abnormal Folds
• Esophagitis
• Varices
• Varicoid carcinoma
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Midesophageal Strictures
• Barrett’s esophagus
• Mediastinal irradiation
• Caustic ingestion
• Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Primary or metastatic tumor
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
• Young men with longstanding
dysphagia and food impactions
• Allergic hx, asthma, and periph eos
• Diff from GERD by high # eos/HPF
• Steroids (including inhaled preps)
• Stricture/small caliber/ringed esoph
(Radiology 2010;256:127-134)
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Elderly woman with
dysphagia & skin rash
Lichen Planus (LP)
• Inflamm disorder affecting skin, oral
mucosa, & esoph in elderly women
• Predilection for wrists/ankles/muc mem
• 50% present with esophageal disease
before dev of cutaneous or oral lesions
• Long-standing dysphagia/food impact
• Esophageal stx or small caliber esoph
(AJR 2017;208:1-6)
Histopath
CriteriaLymphocytic infiltrate
Keratinocyte degen
Civatte bodies (necrotic
keratinocytes)
Few or no intraepith eos
Small Caliber Esophagus
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Young men
Atopic history, asthma,
peripheral eosinophilia
Dilation/steroids
No assoc with esoph Ca
Lichen Planus
Older women
Chronic rash on skin
and mucous membranes
Dil/steroids/immunosupps
Assoc with esoph Ca
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Distal Esophageal Strictures
• Lower esophageal ring
• Peptic stricture
• Barrett’s carcinoma
Carcinoma of the Cardia
• Predilection for men (7:1)
• Some patients under age 40
• Dysphagia often referred to
upper chest or pharynx
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This is not a book to be tossed aside
lightly. It should be thrown with great
force.
Dorothy Parker