An 84-year-old woman presented with a one-year history of intermittent chest pain and progressive difficulty swallowing while eating solid food. She had no history of gastrointestinal problems. She ...

Refractory, benign esophageal strictures (RBES) are those that cannot be dilatated to an adequate diameter, recur within a short time interval, or require ongoing dilatation. The most common causes of ...

Case 1 (M.G.H. 22714). A 25-year-old woman with a lye stricture of the esophagus was admitted to the hospital on November 2, 1955, for the 71st time. At the age of 4 she had accidentally swallowed lye ...