Indications of esophagoscopy for diagnostic assessment and treatment of patients with symptoms of the esophageal diseases, including regurgitation, dysphagia, odynophagia, and excessive salivation. The aim of this review article was to apply the esophagoscopy to be the most valuable diagnostic...

The clinical aspects, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of oesophagitis in dogs and cats are discussed.

Case summary: A 3-year-old male, neutered, domestic shorthair cat with a history of chronic regurgitation since being obtained as a kitten was presented for weight loss and regurgitation of all ingested food. The cat was in poor body condition and had a firm swelling in the ventral neck at the time ...

This paper aims at the presentation of an important disorder of esophagus, most common in dogs and less frequently recognized in cats. Megaesophagus is the chronic dilation and atony of the body of esophagus. It is usually associated with asynchronous function of the organ and the caudal esophagus...

A 4 mo old intact male kitten was presented for chronic regurgitation and failure to thrive after weaning to dry food. Esophageal dilatation and severe diffuse proliferative lesions of the esophageal mucosa were found via radiography and esophagoscopy, respectively. Histopathologic examination...

The aim of the paper is to present own experience in diagnosis and endoscopic removal of foreign bodies from the oesophagus in dogs. The study was performed on 22 dogs of different breed and sex, aged 7 months to 17 years, with suspicion of a foreign body in the oesophagus. All the dogs were...

This article will discuss patient (dogs and cats) and equipment preparation and provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform: esophagoscopy, gastroscopy, and enteroscopy.

A 4-month-old, intact male domestic short-hair cat was presented to Veterinary Hospital with an acute onset of regurgitation and respiratory distress. Thoracic and abdominal radiographs identified a mass consisted of a heterogeneous mixture of soft tissue and gas densities between heart and...

A 9-year-old, castrated male, domestic longhaired cat was evaluated for persistent regurgitation over the previous month. The cat had presented 9 months earlier and was diagnosed with esophageal obstruction secondary to a trichobezoar. The trichobezoar had been removed endoscopically, and the cat...