title: [Mucous diaphragm of the cervical esophagus. Apropos of 38 cases discovered during upper endoscopy at the General Hospital of Dakar. Relationship with the Kelly-Paterson or the Plummer-Vinson syndrome].
abstract: At the occasion of 15,000 high endoscopies performed during the past 5 years at the general Hospital of Dakar (Senegal) 38 mucous diaphragms of cervical esophagus were discovered. 36 patients are Black Senegalese; 29 females and 9 males with a mean age of 37. Dysphagia was present 29 times and anemia 22 times. Endoscopies diagnosis is easy, putting into light a mucous diaphragm at the level or immediately below Killian mouth. 18 of these cases have been classified as Kelly-Paterson syndrome. Performed in 30 patients, the treatment consists in breaking down the mucous diaphragm with an endoscope. It is difficult to keep on endoscopic monitoring, although it is essential because the risk of cancerisation.
authors.affiliation: Médecin des Hôpitaux des Armées, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peghini
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Barabe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jean
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Griffet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Eynard
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mbaye
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Houenassi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011004:Plummer-Vinson Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Diaphragme muqueux de l'oesophage cervical a propos de 38 cas découverts au cours d'endoscopies hautes à l'Hôpital Principal de Dakar. Relation avec le syndrome de Kelly-Paterson ou de Plummer-Vinson.