Pediatric Congenital Esophageal Stenosis

  • Etiology: Persistent intrinsic narrowing of esophagus without a defined etiology
  • Imaging UpperGI: Smoothly tapered concentric narrowing of esophageal lumen
  • DDX:
  • Complications:
  • Treatment: Esophageal dilation
  • Clinical:

Radiology Cases of Congenital Esophageal Stenosis

Upper GI of congenital esophageal stenosis
AP (left) and lateral (right) images from an upper GI exam show a fixed, smoothly tapered, concentric, long narrowing of the esophageal lumen of the mid to distal esophagus.
Upper GI of congenital esophageal stenosis
CXR (left) shows a dilated air-filled structure just to the right of the spine. AP (middle) and lateral (right) images from an upper GI exam show two fixed focal areas of narrowing in the distal esophagus causing dilation of the esophagus proximal to those areas of narrowing.