STENOSIS OF THE ESOPHAGUS CAUSED BY ESOPH AGEAL INTRAMURAL PSEUDODIVERTICULOSIS

Esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis is a very rare disease with unknown etiology, which especially affects male patients between 45 a nd 65 years. This disease is characterized by dilatation of the esopha geal submucosal glands and their outlets. Stenosis caused by esophagit is due to intramural pseudodiverticulosis is found in most of the know n patients. All patients presented with dysphagia, usually of long dur ation. The characteristic radiographic appearance is numerous intramur al esophageal contrast-filled diverticulosis-like pouches - 4 mm in de pth.