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Esophagus: Normal Anatomy, Function and Congenital Anomalies

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Abdominal Imaging

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The chapter will review the normal anatomy and function of the esophagus. The expected appearance of the esophagus on barium studies and computed tomography (CT) will be described. The technical details of performing these studies have been discussed elsewhere in this section. Congenital variants and anomalies affecting the esophagus are also included.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 1250 East Marshall Street, 23298, Richmond, VA, USA

    Dr. Laura R. Carucci M.D. (Associated Professor of Radiology, Director, MRI and CT)

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  1. Department of Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Bernd Hamm

  2. Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Pablo R. Ros

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Carucci, L.R. (2013). Esophagus: Normal Anatomy, Function and Congenital Anomalies. In: Hamm, B., Ros, P.R. (eds) Abdominal Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13327-5_5

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