Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2014
A 47-year-old female patient complains of having pain on swallowing and difficult passing of solid food for two months. The patient has taken to the liquid and semi-liquid food. During the last week the liquid food has barely passed through. General condition is satisfactory, the patient is undernourished, the appetite is preserved, there is a fear of eating. What is the provisional diagnosis?
Answer options
- Esophageal foreign body
- Esophageal achalasia
- Esophageal carcinoma
- Esophageal stricture
- Esophageal varices
Correct answer
Esophageal carcinoma
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