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Schatzki ring

• "B" ring of distal esophagus
• squamo-columnar junction

• +/- hiatus hernia
• intemittent symptoms if 13-20 mm
• "steakhouse" syndrome

• Rx: balloon or bougie

  see: esophageal webs and rings

Related CHORUS documents: esophageal webs and rings Plummer-Vinson syndrome cervical esophageal web CREST syndrome esophageal narrowing bullous diseases of esophagus

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