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J C Chaput

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PubMed1975

[Radiological and endoscopic study of the esophagus in 33 cases of generalized scleroderma].

The radiological and endoscopic picture of the oesophagus was investigated in 33 patients with generalised sclerodermia. Signs of involvement were noted in 26 subjects, whereas symptoms of such involvement had been observed in 13 only. Screening for oesophageal sclerodermia sites requires accurate assessment of oesophageal kinetics. Fibroscopic examination gives equally reliable evidence of involvement in the form of two distinctive signs: absence of peristaltic contractions in the lower half of the oesophagus and persistence of a "pool of water" in the organ for over 30 secs following injection of a few cc of water in the lying patient. Endoscopy frequently reveals concomitant peptic oesophagitis (10 cases). This is invisible radiologically. Endoscopy also permits accurate appraisal of the lesions associated with peptic stenosis. Fibroscopic examination of the oesophagus, in fact, could well be made a feature of the evaluation of all patients with actual or suspected generalised sclerodermia, on account of its aid to diagnosis and the early notice it gives of oesophageal complications.

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PubMed1975

[Radiological and endoscopic investigations of the esophagus in 33 cases of generalized scleroderma (author's transl)].

The esophagus was examined radiologically and endoscopically in 33 patients with generalized scleroderma. 13 patients complained of difficulties which suggested implication of the esophagus, scleroderma was found in the esophagus in 26. Radiological demarcation of location of the scleroderma required investigation of the esophageal peristalsis. Endoscopic examination permits an equally reliable assessment through the identification of characteristic signs: the lack of peristaltic contractions in the lower half of the esophagus, and the persistence of water in the esophagus for more than 30 seconds after injection of a few milliliters in the recumbent patient. Further, a peptic esophagitis can often be recognised endoscopically when it is not detectable radiologically (10 cases) and in cases of peptic stenosis (4 patients) exact location of the lesion is possible.

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