Esophageal duplication
A developmental disorder in which there is a duplication of a portion of the muscle and submucosa of the esophagus without epithelial duplication. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10464795 ]
Term info
Esophageal duplication
Esophageal duplication is a rare cause of mediastinal mass. An esophageal duplication may be a simple epithelial cyst or duplication that contains muscle and submucosa but not epithelium. In most cases, the duplication is located in the lower thrid of the esophagus, and the most common associated symptom is difficulty in swallowing. Esophageal duplication occurs because of maldevelopment of the posterior division of embryonic foregut.
doelkens
2010-12-30T02:08:38Z
human_phenotype
HP:0100681
Term relations
- has_part some (
duplicated and
inheres in part of some esophagus and
has modifier some abnormal)