HISTOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN THE PATERSON-KELLY SYNDROME.
Forty-one specimens taken from lesions in the post-cricoid region of patients with the Paterson-Kelly syndrome have been examined. Most webs consist of normal oesophageal mucosa which may be associated with underlying muscle and nerve lesions. Strictures also show a chronic non-specific inflammation often with epithelial changes and sometimes squamous carcinoma. Other lesions observed clinically have also shown malignant change.
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; D003680:Deglutition Disorders; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D010336:Pathology; D011004:Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
CARDIOSPASM; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GERIATRICS; PATHOLOGY