Diagnostic Testing
Oropharyngeal
dysphagia
dysphagia
Dysphagia - Solids
Dysphagia - Liquids
Odynophagia
100
contrast-enhanced radiographic study commonly used to assess structural characteristics of the entire esophagus
What is barium swallow study/barium esophagogram?
100
Patient presents with dysphagia and left-sided tongue deviation
what is a stroke?
100
a complication of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and results from the healing process of severe erosive esophagitis
What is a peptic stricture?
100
Degeneration of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus in the esophageal wall
What is achalasia?
100
Patient with fatigue, weight loss, and odynophagia
What is esophageal carcinoma?
200
What is achalasia?
200
Bedside swallow assessment by nursing
What is the Yale swallow protocol?
200
There is a strong association with allergic conditions such as food allergies, environmental allergies, asthma, and atopic dermatitis
What is eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)?
200
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)?
200
Patient with odynophagia who takes his medication without water
What is medication-induced esophagitis/pill esophagitis?
300
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?
300
Can't swallow ):
Labs: +ANA, +SSA, +SSB
What is Sjogren's syndrome?
300
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?
300
"rosary bead" or "corkscrew"esophagus
What is diffuse esophageal spasm?
300
Patient with a history of HIV with CD4 of 150 and dysphagia and odynophagia
What is candida esophagitis?
400
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)?
400
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?
400
condition characterized by the classic triad of dysphagia, iron-deficiency anemia, and esophageal webbing
What is Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS)?
400
treatment for patients with persistent dysphagia from distal esophageal spasm or hypercontractile esophagus
What is botox injections?
400
Patient with a history of renal transplant on tacrolimus with dysphagia and odynophagia
What is CMV esophagitis?
500
is used as complementary testing in patients with inconclusive diagnosis of achalasia or EGJ outflow obstruction
What is functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP)
500
Patient with overactive bladder who presents with new dysphagia?
What is oropharyngeal dysphagia 2/2 anticholinergic (oxybutynin) side effect (dry mouth)?
500
due to an aberrant right subclavian artery that passes dorsally between the esophagus and the spine
What is dysphagia lusoria?
500
High-resolution esophageal manometry demonstrates lack of esophageal body peristalsis
What is absent contractility?
500
Odynophagia and this finding on exam:
What is esophageal Crohn's disease? (Erythema nodosum)