contrast-enhanced radiographic study commonly used to assess structural characteristics of the entire esophagus
What is barium swallow study/barium esophagogram?
Patient presents with dysphagia and left-sided tongue deviation
what is a stroke?
a complication of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and results from the healing process of severe erosive esophagitis
What is a peptic stricture?
Degeneration of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus in the esophageal wall
What is achalasia?
Patient with fatigue, weight loss, and odynophagia
What is esophageal carcinoma?
What is achalasia?
Bedside swallow assessment by nursing
What is the Yale swallow protocol?
There is a strong association with allergic conditions such as food allergies, environmental allergies, asthma, and atopic dermatitis
What is eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)?
patients presenting with dysphagia, Raynaud Phenomenon (RP), skin thickening, puffy or swollen fingers or hands, hand stiffness, and painful distal finger ulcers
What is systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)?
Patient with odynophagia who takes his medication without water
What is medication-induced esophagitis/pill esophagitis?
focuses on the oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing with an abbreviated look at the esophageal phase
What is a videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS)/modified barium swallow study?
Can't swallow ):
Labs: +ANA, +SSA, +SSB
What is Sjogren's syndrome?
has been described in patients with adenocarcinoma of the cardia due to microscopic infiltration of the myenteric plexus or the vagus nerve
What is pseudoachalasia?
"rosary bead" or "corkscrew"esophagus

What is diffuse esophageal spasm?
Patient with a history of HIV with CD4 of 150 and dysphagia and odynophagia
What is candida esophagitis?
The oropharynx and larynx are visualized transnasally with a laryngoscope while the patient swallows food and liquid dyed with food coloring for contrast
What is flexible endoscopic examination of oropharyngeal swallowing (FEES)?
sac-like outpouching of the mucosa and submucosa through an area of muscular weakness between the transverse fibers of the cricopharyngeus muscle
What is Zenker's diverticulum?
condition characterized by the classic triad of dysphagia, iron-deficiency anemia, and esophageal webbing
What is Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS)?
treatment for patients with persistent dysphagia from distal esophageal spasm or hypercontractile esophagus
What is botox injections?
Patient with a history of renal transplant on tacrolimus with dysphagia and odynophagia
is used as complementary testing in patients with inconclusive diagnosis of achalasia or EGJ outflow obstruction
What is functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP)
Patient with overactive bladder who presents with new dysphagia?
What is oropharyngeal dysphagia 2/2 anticholinergic (oxybutynin) side effect (dry mouth)?
due to an aberrant right subclavian artery that passes dorsally between the esophagus and the spine
What is dysphagia lusoria?
High-resolution esophageal manometry demonstrates lack of esophageal body peristalsis

What is absent contractility?
Odynophagia and this finding on exam:

What is esophageal Crohn's disease? (Erythema nodosum)