What is the most likely diagnosis?
- 63 year-old female with dysphagia
Video Swallowing Study
- Cricopharyngeal bar
- Cervical web
- Carcinoma of the esophagus
- Aspiration
- Fibrovascular polyp
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Answer:
2. Cervical web
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Cervical web
General Considerations
- Mucosal shelf projecting into the lumen of the esophagus most frequently from the anterior wall of proximal cervical esophagus at the level of cricopharyngeus (C5-C6)
- Uncommon in distal esophagus
- Usually seen in middle-aged adults, females greater than males
- May or may not contain submucosa