Radiological Methods of Diagnostics of Esophageal Stenosis with Emphasis on the Role of MDCT
Diagnosis and surgical treatment of esophageal diseases, which are one of the most difficult fields in the abdominal surgery, are of great practical interest for many medical specialties. Despite the development of clinical and diagnostic gastroenterology in recent years, esophagology wasn’t almost affected. This review of literature describes modern methods of radiologic diagnosis of surgically significant stenoses of the esophagus. The article focuses on X-ray and predominantly MDCT signs, which allow to differentiate stenoses of the esophagus of different etiologies. The main attention is paid to such the most common stenosis as postburn, peptic esophageal strictures and esophageal cancer.