Modern surgery, general and operative . ilis, tuberculosis, chronic ulcer, prolongedvomiting, variola, gout, or to swallowing a corrosive substance or a boiling Stricture of the Esophagus 933 liquid. In about 15 per cent, of cases of scarlet fever there is inflammation ofthe esophagus and larynx and stricture may result. Fibrous stricture is com-monest in the young, and is apt to be situated opposite the cricoid cartilage,at the tracheal bifurcation or near the cardiac end. Cicatricial strictures,except when due to boiling or corrosive liquid, are usually single, but may bemultiple. A cicatrix
Modern surgery, general and operative . ilis, tuberculosis, chronic ulcer, prolongedvomiting, variola, gout, or to swallowing a corrosive substance or a boiling Stricture of the Esophagus 933 liquid. In about 15 per cent, of cases of scarlet fever there is inflammation ofthe esophagus and larynx and stricture may result. Fibrous stricture is com-monest in the young, and is apt to be situated opposite the cricoid cartilage,at the tracheal bifurcation or near the cardiac end. Cicatricial strictures,except when due to boiling or corrosive liquid, are usually single, but may bemultiple. A cicatrix may be of irregular shape, may be cylindrical, may beannular, may be narrow, or may be broad. Stricture following impaction ofa foreign body is located at the seat of impaction unless the tube has been in-jured by efforts at extraction, in which case multiple strictures may exist (May-lard). Strictures which result from swallowing boiling fluid or corrosive Hquidare usually ver\- extensive, may be multiple, and give early symptoms. In.
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