Agreement between upper endoscopy and esophagography in the diagnosis of megaesophagus in Chagas disease.
Fernando de BarrosJoão Carlos de Almeida SoaresFernando Prado de BarrosLuiz Henrique Conde SangenisGilberto Marcelo Sperandio da SilvaAna Beatriz Monteiro FonsecaAlejandro Marcel Hasslocher-MorenoAndrea Silvestre de SousaRoberto Magalhães SaraivaMauro Felippe Felix MedianoPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2019)
Upper endoscopy has a high sensitivity, but a low specificity to diagnose megaesophagus. Agreement between the two exams varies depending on the megaesophagus grade. Thus, upper endoscopy can be used in the diagnostic workup of a possible Chagas disease megaesophagus, but all identified cases should undergo esophagography.
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