Esophageal stricture diagnostic study of choice

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahda Alihashemi M.D. [2] [3]

Overview

Esophageal stricture is diagnosed based on history of dysphagia and diagnostic studies such as barium esophagography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, manometry.

Esophageal stricture is diagnosed based on clinical presentationm such as dysphasia, odynophagia, heartburn. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

There is no single diagnostic study of choice for the diagnosis of esophageal stricture, but it can be diagnosed based on barium esophagography, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, and manometry.

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