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Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
• Muscular or neurologic ... Esophageal Dysphagia ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Can also occur after ... symptoms include dysphagia ... : - Treatment of ... #Necrosis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Dysarthria or dysphagia ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
to parenchymal injury ... 1st line: CT or MRI ... insufficiency manifesting as ... #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
syndromes such as ... Stuttering speech, Dysphagia ... resonance imaging [MRI ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Presentation: • Dysphagia ... : Testing The diagnosis ... suggest cancer as ... #management #treatment ... #gastroenterology