It is, however a serious medical problem that may require otolaryngologic intervention because of life-threatening dysphagia and weight loss. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms Signs of a narrowing include: Difficulty swallowing Having food come back up the throat from the stomach Cough, particularly at night Dehydration or weight loss Causes and Risk Factors Growths can be due to tumors, esophageal webs or cancer. [cedars-sinai.edu]

The main symptoms include: difficulty swallowing food coming back up the throat from the stomach unintentional weight loss There are several different treatment options for benign esophageal strictures, including: Taking medications to reduce stomach [medicalnewstoday.com]

Symptoms of esophageal strictures include: Difficult or painful swallowing Food feeling stuck in the throat Food coming back up the throat from the stomach Frequent hiccupping or burping Coughing or choking Heartburn Unintentional weight loss and malnutrition [lluh.org]

 Heart burn  Malnutrition  Dehyadration  Choking  Aspiration Pneumonia 14.  On the left images of a patient with a benign stricture high in the esophagus (arrow). [slideshare.net]

The incidence of protein-calorie malnutrition of early childhood. Am J Public Health 1963;53:905-12. 21. Gurney JM, Jelliffe DB. [redalyc.org]

[…] following symptoms: swallowing becoming difficult or painful food feeling stuck in the throat food returning up to the mouth from the stomach unintentional weight loss heartburn frequent hiccupping or burping coughing or choking drooling dehydration or malnutrition [medicalnewstoday.com]

Rothmund Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is primarily diagnosed by clinical manifestations that include poikiloderma, short stature, sparse hair distribution, juvenile cataracts, small hands and feet, bone defects, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSION: Pharyngeal and/or cervical esophageal stenosis may be the cause of dysphagia following radiation for head and neck cancer. Esophageal dilatations often offer temporary relief of the dysphagia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 5-year-old girl with Stevens-Johnson syndrome developed progressive dysphagia secondary to esophageal stenosis. The authors resolved this by treating the patient with balloon dilatation. She has remained symptom-free for 10 months post-treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Right: Tight stricture at the esophagogastric junction in a 98 year-old woman who had complained of progressive dysphagia to solids. [endoatlas.com]

In another recent paper (Weston, Thosani, Bektas, Oruc, & Bhutani, 2010), a 79-year-old male patient who presented with progressive dysphagia and had endoscopic and ultrasound findings compatible to esophageal cancer was found to have esophageal stricture [nursingcenter.com]

dysphagia, may cause total obstruction Back to top [pathologyoutlines.com]

Case Report An eleven-year old boy presented in our hospital outpatient department with a complaint of significant progressive dysphagia since last 2 years associated with regurgitation of food particles recently without history of significant weight [omicsonline.org]

Crohn's disease was suspected because she had aphthous ulcers of the mouth and anal dermatitis with hematochezia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rothmund Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is primarily diagnosed by clinical manifestations that include poikiloderma, short stature, sparse hair distribution, juvenile cataracts, small hands and feet, bone defects, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rothmund Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is primarily diagnosed by clinical manifestations that include poikiloderma, short stature, sparse hair distribution, juvenile cataracts, small hands and feet, bone defects, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]