EVALUATION OF INVOLVEMENT OF ADJACENT STRUCTURES IN ESOPHAGEAL MALIGNANCY BY CONVENTIONAL BARIUM SWALLOW AND CT SCAN.

Abstract

Oesophageal malignancy is the eighth most common malignancy in the world with an annual incidence of 456,000 new cases.In India, it is the fourth most common cause of malignancy-related deaths. This study used data evaluating involvement of adjacent structures in esophageal malignancy among 57 patients which were diagnosed at radiology department of Dhiraj hospital piparia , waghodia. Out of 57 patients with detected esophageal malignancy, Most commonly involved structure was trachea (38.46%) and least commonly involved structure was pleura and diaphragm having equal incidence of 7.7% each. CT scan is excellent in diagnosis of various site involved, distant metastasis and lymphadenopathy in esophageal malignancy.