A SYNDROME OF UPPER ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS
Authors: Mortimer R. Camiel, Leo Loewe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 July 1941A SYNDROME OF UPPER ESOPHAGEAL STENOSISMORTIMER R. CAMIEL, M.D., LEO LOEWE, M.D.MORTIMER R. CAMIEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEO LOEWE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-1-63 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptStarvation overshadows the many other sequelae of esophageal stenosis. Pulmonary complications, for instance, unless of calamitous proportion, are often overlooked or misinterpreted. Attention is usually directed to the more dramatic accidents such as perforation into the trachea. The more frequent complications are either insufficiently emphasized or not widely appreciated. With certain types of esophageal stenosis these may occur with such constancy as to become part of the clinical syndrome.This report concerns itself with the syndrome of aspiration of ingesta into the air passages due to esophageal stenosis. Following a review of our clinical material we felt the need for...Bibliography1. MCCRAE J: Carcinoma of the esophagus, in Osler's Modern Medicine, 1908, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, v, 101. Google Scholar2. JACKSONTUCKERCLERF CGLH: Malignant diseases of the esophagus, in Nelson's Loose-Leaf Medicine, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, May 1925, v, p. 83. Google Scholar3. JACKSONTUCKERCLERF CGLH: Paralysis of the esophagus, in Nelson's Loose-Leaf Medicine, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, May 1925, v, p. 85. Google Scholar4. JACKSONJACKSON CCL: Pulmonary symptoms due to esophageal disease, Transactions Section on Laryngology, Otology, and Rhinology, Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, p. 197. Google Scholar5. VINSONKIMMELSTEIL PPP: Carcinoma of the esophagus with unusual clinical manifestations, Ann. Otol., Rhinol. and Laryngol., 1938, xlvii, 804. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. VINSON PP: The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the esophagus, 1940, Chas. C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, p. 5. Google Scholar7. VINSON PP: See reference 6, p. 35. Google Scholar8. MATHEWSSCHNABEL RWTG: Primary esophageal carcinoma, with especial reference to a non-stenosing variety, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1591. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. KEEFER CS: The pleural and pulmonary complications of carcinoma of the esophagus, ANN. INT. MED., 1934, viii, 72. Google Scholar10. RASTELLI E: Carcinoma Esofageo Complicato Da Penetrazione Degli Ingesti Nelle Vie Respiratorie, Riform med., 1936, lii, 1245. Google Scholar11. JOUSSEAUME : Les formes respiratoires du cancer de l'oesophage, Ann. d'oto-laryngol., 1935, v, 1053. Google Scholar12. VINSON PP: Malignant diseases of the esophagus, study of 1000 cases, Northwest Med., 1933, xxxii, 320. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication July 5, 1940.From the Brooklyn Cancer Institute, Brooklyn, New York; Division of Cancer, Maurice Lenz, M.D., director; Department of Hospitals, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCIII Surgery of the EsophagusThe Pulmonary Complications of Dysphagia 1 July 1941Volume 15, Issue 1Page: 63-79KeywordsStarvationStenosisTrachea ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...