II. Causes: Primary Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia or Pain
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Esophageal Dysmotility
- Decreased or inactive esophageal contractility
- Increased esophageal contractility
- Functional esophageal disorders
- Acid Hypersensitivity
- Functional Dysphagia
- Esophagitis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Pill Esophagitis
- Infectious Esophagitis (esp. HIV or immunocompromised state)
- Candida Esophagitis
- Herpes Simplex Virus Esophagitis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Esophageal Structural Disorders
- Esophageal Ring or Schatzki Ring
- Esophageal Stricture (e.g. erosive esophagitis related)
- Esophageal Foreign Body
- Thoracic malignancy
- Vascular Ring Abnormality
- Dysphagia lusoria (aberrant right subclavian artery)
- Enlarged left atrium
- Enlarged Thoracic Aorta
- Medications and Other Causes of Decreased Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) Pressure
- See Causes of Decreased Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure
- Smooth muscle relaxants
- Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
- Diabetes Mellitus
- See Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus
- More common with increasing duration of Diabetes Mellitus (regardless of type)
- Miscellaneous Causes
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Electrolyte disturbance
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| Definition (NCI) | Difficulty in swallowing due to an abnormality in the esophagus. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| MSH | D003680 |
| SnomedCT | 40890009 |
| French | Dysphagie oesophagienne |
| English | esophageal dysphagia, oesophageal dysphagia, Esophageal dysphagia, Oesophageal dysphagia, Esophageal dysphagia (disorder), Dysphagia, Esophageal, Esophageal Dysphagia |
| Czech | ezofageální dysfagie |
| Norwegian | Dysfagi som skyldes forstyrrelser i spiserøret |
| Spanish | disfagia esofágica (trastorno), disfagia esofágica |
