GIT

Question 1

Causes of odynophagia

Answer 1

Any sever inflammatory process involving the oesophagus

• infectious oesophagitis (candida, herpes simplex)
• peptic ulceration of the oesophagus
• caustic damage
• oesophageal perforation

Question 2

Causes of dysphagia

Answer 2

Mechanical obstruction

• reflux oesophagitis with stricture formation
• carcinoma of oesophagus or gastric cardia
• pharyngeal or oesophageal web
• pharyngeal pouch
• Schatzki ring
• foreign body
• goire with retrosternal extension

Neuromuscular motility disorders

• achalaisa
• diffuse oesophageal spasm
• scleroderma

Pharyngeal dysphagia

• Zenkers diverticulum
• nuero disease