Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 591.—Cicatricial stricture of esophagus. some cases they are slight and may not give s}-mptoms for years after the stenosis is due to the healing of a gimimatous ulceration, but thereis nothing characteristic in this kind of stenosis. Tuberculous stenosis isextremely rare. The esophagus above an extensi\-e scar is usuaUy dilated. Symptoms of Cicatricial Stenosis.—The condition is most common in youth,but may begin at any age. The chief s\Tnptom is difliculty in swallo\\ing, atfirst slight, but becoming more and more pronounced until
Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 591.—Cicatricial stricture of esophagus. some cases they are slight and may not give s}-mptoms for years after the stenosis is due to the healing of a gimimatous ulceration, but thereis nothing characteristic in this kind of stenosis. Tuberculous stenosis isextremely rare. The esophagus above an extensi\-e scar is usuaUy dilated. Symptoms of Cicatricial Stenosis.—The condition is most common in youth,but may begin at any age. The chief s\Tnptom is difliculty in swallo\\ing, atfirst slight, but becoming more and more pronounced until swallowing is almostor quite impossible. The dysphagia is flrst manifested to dry solids, then toall solids, and finaUy to liquids. In some cases vomiting occurs after swallow-ing. If the stricture is high up, the vomiting is almost immediate; if it is lowdown, the vomiting is delayed, especially if the canal is dilated above the stric-ture. From time to time the patient vomits independently of taking food, theejected matter conta
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