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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Effects of mediastinal irradiation on oesophageal function |
Author: | Yeoh, E. Holloway, R. Russo, A. Tippett, M. Bermingham, H. Chatterton, B. Horowitz, M. |
Citation: | Gut, 1996; 38(2):166-170 |
Publisher: | BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP |
Issue Date: | 1996 |
ISSN: | 0017-5749 1468-3288 |
Abstract: | Although it is well recognised that oesophageal symptoms are common during therapeutic mediastinal irradiation of intrathoracic malignant diseases, the effects of mediastinal irradiation on oesophageal function are poorly defined. To clarify the pathogenesis of these sequelae a prospective study was performed to document comprehensively the effects of mediastinal irradiation on oesophageal function. Oesophageal symptoms, barium swallow, endoscopy, and combined radionuclide scintigraphy and oesophageal manometry were evaluated in eight patients with potentially curable intrathoracic malignant disease before treatment, during the last week of mediastinal irradiation, and six to eight weeks after its completion. Before irradiation, structural abnormalities were excluded by barium swallow and endoscopy. All but one patient experienced odynophagia or dysphagia, or both, during mediastinal irradiation (p < 0.001) but endoscopic abnormalities were observed in only three patients and there was no correlation between oesophageal symptoms and endoscopic changes. Irradiation, however, had no significant effect on oesophageal motility or transit. It is concluded that oesophageal symptoms which develop during mediastinal irradiation are not a result of altered oesophageal motility or transit and may reflect increased mucosal sensitivity. |
Keywords: | Esophagus Humans Mediastinal Neoplasms Deglutition Disorders Esophageal Motility Disorders Radiation Injuries Esophagoscopy Prospective Studies Manometry Aged Aged, 80 and over Middle Aged Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1136/gut.38.2.166 |
Published version: | http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1383017&blobtype=pdf |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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