title: Esophagoscopy.
abstract: Esophageal pathology is one of the areas that had the major benefits from the advent of endoscopy. Esophagoscopy is a highly reliable diagnostic method for evaluating esophageal disorders that affect the mucosa or alter the lumen of the organ, such as foreign bodies, esophagitis, reflux disease, strictures, ulcers, fistula, and neoplasia. With endoscopy, the treatment of esophageal disorders has greatly improved as well, with the retrieval of foreign bodies and the dilation of esophageal strictures under direct visualization the main therapeutic indications.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. massimo.gualtieri@unimi.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gualtieri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*