odynophagia (swallowing pain)
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Introduction
Pain on swallowing.
Etiology
- mucosal inflammation: sharp burning pain
- reflux esophagitis
- esophageal infection (generally opportunistic)
- pill esophagitis
- muscular spasm: squeezing, cramping pain
- distension of the esophagus
- tonsillitis
- laryngitis
- epiglottitis
- upper respiratory tractions
- xerostomia
- Zenkers diverticulum
- adenoiditis
- immune disorders
- esophageal cancer
- myasthenia gravis
- scleroderma
- Behcet's syndrome[7]
- hyoid bone syndrome
- foreign body ingestion
- radiation injury
- caustic chemical ingestion
- Crohn's disease (rare)
- pancreatic pseudocyst (rare)
- sexually-transmitted disease
Clinical manifestations
Diagnostic procedures
Radiology
- anteroposterior & lateral neck X-ray
- chest X-ray
Management
- depends upon specific etiology
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- ↑ Guide to Physical Examination & History Taking, 6th edition, Bates B, JB Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1995, pg 42
- ↑ Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 336
- ↑ Common causes of Odynophagia http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/odynophagia_similar_to_that_in_achalasia_cardia/common.htm
- ↑ Strom EA Odynophagia http://www.med.ucla.edu/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=280
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 Unizony SH, Kim ND, Hoang MP. Case Records of the Mass General Hospital. Case 7-2015: A 25-year-old man with oral ulcers, rash, and odynophagia. N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 26;372(9):864-72 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25714165 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcpc1413303
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 Barbee LA et al A History Lesson. N Engl J Med 2015; 372:1360-1364. April 2, 2015 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25830427 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcps1308900