Oesophageal Web

Oesophageal Web Click on a picture to get a magnification Oesophageal webs (Lower oesophageal mucosal rings, Schatzki´s rings) are found at the junction of squamous and columnar mucosa in the distal oesophagus. Click on a picture to get a magnification Oesophageal webs are symmetrical, circumferential and have a thickness below 3 mm. Click on a picture to get a magnification

Oesopageal Web As a result of longstanding reflux disease, the patient can get a short web-like stenosis in the distal oesophagus, at the junction of oesophageal and gastric mucosa. The differentiation between a web caused by chronic reflux disease and a congenital Schatzki´s ring is sometimes difficult. Oesophageal Web Solid food, bread and meat, causes difficulties in swallowing at a quite early stage when the patient has a web - a short narrowing in the distal oesophagus caused by chronic reflux disease - like in these pictures. In the third picture, a biopsy has just been taken. Oesophageal Web A typical oesophageal web caused by a hiatal hernia and chronic reflux disease, and causing some dysphagia.

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