Mechanical dysphagia has many possible etiologies, though all commonly share the process of narrowing the lumen of the esophagus with subsequent delay in passage of solid foods. Benign strictures, webs, and rings are among the most common causes of mechanical obstruction of the esophagus.
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Johnson, E., Gaumnitz, E., & Reichelderfer, M. (2013). Strictures, rings, webs (peptic, caustic, radiation, anastomotic). In Principles of Deglutition: A Multidisciplinary Text for Swallowing and its Disorders (pp. 599–614). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3794-9_42
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