ESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT



*ESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT = Ct =(Emax - Et) * 100
                                                               Emax

ESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT-IMAGING INTERPRETATION



1. DELAYED
-ALCHALASIA
-CHAGAS' DISEASE
-CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION
-DIABETES MELLITIS
-DIFFUSE ESOPHAGEAL SPASM
-HYPERTENSIVE LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTES
-HYPOTHYROIDISM
-NONSPECIFIC ESOPHAGUS
-OBSTRUCTION
-REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS
-SCLERODERMA


GASTRIC REFLUX-USEFUL TIPS

1*WHEN THERE IS MASSIVE BILE REFLUX, IT WILL BE APPARENT ON A 99mTc-HIDA IMAGING ALONE, ALTHOUGH DUAL ISOTOPE IMAGING IS ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO OUTLINE THE STOMACH*

*FOLLOWING POLYA GASTRECTOMY, SOME BILE REFLUX INTO THE STOMACH IS INEVITABLE*