Benign Lesions of the Esophagus and Cancer

1. Front Matter

   Pages II-LIII

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2. Statistical estimation of the prevalence and incidence of the degeneration of benign lesions

   1. Statistical estimation of the prevalence and incidence of the degeneration of benign lesions

      • H. Sancho-Garnier

      Pages 1-2

3. Infrequent but recognized associations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Rare lesions

      1. Plummer Vinson Syndrome

         • D. J. Howard

         Pages 7-8

      2. Myomas

         • T. Lerut, C. Aelvoet, Y. Leclef, J. A. Grüwez

         Pages 8-10

      3. Diverticula

         • R. Giuli, C. A. Hiebert, T. Lerut, C. Aelvoet, Y. Leclef, J. A. Grüwez et al.

         Pages 11-16

      4. What is the prognostic significance of esophageal papillomas?

         • A. Galian, A. Lavergne

         Pages 17-20

      5. Can esophageal keratosis be considered as a precancerous lesion?

         • J. Gastard, J. F. Bretagne, M. Gosselin, M. P. Ramée

         Pages 21-23

      6. What is the association between granular cell tumors of the esophagus and cancer?

         • J. A. Paolaggi, M. Algard, F. Ferrandi, J. Leymarios, G. Molas

         Pages 23-25

   3. Megaesophagus

      1. Isn’t treatment by repeated dilatations a factor of chronic mucosal irritation?

         • H. W. Pinotti, I. Cecconello, V. Felix, B. Zilberstein

         Pages 29-32

      2. Should the ineffectiveness of dilatations lead to suspect a cancer?

         • M. Endo

         Pages 32-32

      3. What are the rules to follow in the surgical treatment of megaesophagus?

         • A. Del Genio, N. Di Martino, G. Izzo, V. Maffettone, Ch. Herfarth, Th. Lehnert

         Pages 33-41

      4. What is the incidence of reflux in achalasia?

         • G. Cargill, M. Duché, K. Jeyasingham, H. R. J. Payne

         Pages 41-47

      5. Is it possible not to combine an antireflux procedure with the treatment of a megaesophagus?

         • F. H. Ellis Jr., H. W. Pinotti, C. E. Domene, I. Cecconello, B. Zilberstein

         Pages 47-54

      6. What is the influence of the treatment of a megaesophagus on the development of a peptic esophagitis or a stenosis?

         • G. Castrini

         Pages 55-56

      7. Are there pseudo-achalasias of neoplastic origin?

         • G. Cargill, M. Duché, Ch. Théodore, P.-E. Julien, G. Gargill, J. A. Paolaggi

         Pages 57-59

   4. Caustic stenosis

      1. Caustic Stenosis: anatomo-radiological correlations

         • C. G. Bremner

         Pages 63-66

      2. Can early calibration with an esophageal dilator prevent the anatomic development of granulation tissue?

         • H. W. Pinotti, S. Ishioka, I. Cecconello, B. Zilberstein

         Pages 66-68

      3. What is the incidence of dysplasia associated with the regeneration of the esophageal mucosa?

         • M. Endo

         Pages 68-69

      4. What are the comparative late results of the different treatments?

         • T. Lerut, E. Lauwers, C. Aelvoet, Y. Leclef, J. A. Grüwez, E. Lira

         Pages 69-75

In an attempt to attain the best possible delimitation of all the problems posed today by benign diseases of the esophagus, 181 authors each agreed to answer one or more of 210 questions that had been drawn up on the subject. These questions, each one deliberately limited and difficult, mostly concerned reflux esophagitis: its natural history, the means of its diagnosis, all existing treatments, and its eventual degeneration. The authors approached are today's most reputed specialists in the fields of epidemiology, gastroenterology, endoscopy, pathology, and surgery of esophageal diseases. The authors were all assigned one or more questions in their own field, none of which was simple: all did their best to synthesize in their replies their own experience on the precise point under review and included all the most useful bibliographical references on the topic. The book is thus the result of an original, individual approach to try to pinpoint the heart of a problem. The 210 answers succeed one another in logical progression according to the different diagnostic and therapeutic stages, specifying, at each step, the degree of precision sought. Consequently, the reader has at his disposal an exceptional synthesis of facts and concepts. Opening the book at random he will find at once the detail he is looking for, the professional opinion he is lacking, or the development of a question he had perhaps not yet asked himself.

• biopsy
• cancer
• colon
• endoscopy
• gastroenterology
• stomach
• surgery
• hepatology

• Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy - Paris, France

  Robert Giuli

• School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

  Richard W. McCallum

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