[Reflux esophagitis--diagnosis and differential diagnosis].
The combination of the two typical symptoms - heartburn and regurgitation - is almost proving gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Further - atypical - symptoms are dysphagia, odynophagia, pharyngitis, reflux-induced pulmonary symptoms or intermittent chest-pain. Endoscopic signs of GORD are patchy reddening of the mucosa, erosions, ulcers and stricture. Barretts oesophagus is characterized by columnar epithelial metaplasia. Consequence: Typical symptoms of GORD may be treated without further diagnostic procedure whereas in the case of atypical symptoms diagnosis of GORD has to be established by endoscopy.
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D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans
Refluxösophagitis--Diagnose und Differentialdiagnose.