Journal article
Esophagitis in Cats and Dogs.
- Kook PH Department of Small Animals, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, Zurich 8057, Switzerland. Electronic address: pkook@vetclinics.uzh.ch.
- 2020-11-14
Published in:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice. - 2021
English
Esophagitis in cats and dogs is a consequence of increased exposure of the esophageal mucosa to gastroduodenal reflux. Causes can include anesthesia-related reflux, frequent vomiting, or lodged foreign bodies. An exception is eosinophilic esophagitis, an emerging primary inflammatory disease of the esophagus with a presumed allergic etiology. Reflux esophagitis owing to lower esophageal sphincter incompetence is often suspected; a tentative diagnosis can be made by endoscopic assessment, wireless esophageal pH-monitoring, or histologic examination. Because it can be difficult to distinguish diet-responsive upper gastrointestinal disease from esophagitis, response to treatment with gastric acid suppressants is needed to confirm the tentative diagnosis.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.08.003
- PMID 33187619
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/33271
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