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Esophagus: Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases

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Abstract

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) typically present with heartburn and regurgitation, but some individuals may develop epigastric or right upper quadrant pain that mimics peptic ulcer disease or even cholecystitis. Other patients may present with signs or symptoms of upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to ulceration from reflux esophagitis, or they may present with dysphagia due to spasm from reflux esophagitis or the development of reflux-induced strictures in the distal esophagus (Levine 2008a).

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Dr. Marc S. Levine M.D. (Professor of Radiology and Advisory Dean, Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiology)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Bernd Hamm

  2. Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Pablo R. Ros

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Levine, M.S. (2013). Esophagus: Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases. In: Hamm, B., Ros, P.R. (eds) Abdominal Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13327-5_7

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