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A 60 year old man has discomfort/pain when swallowing in the sternal notch area. it started abowut 1 month ago. could you please give me the possible ?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Swallow difficulty: May be GERD w/ or without h pylori, , or infeciton in esophagus like candida or stricture can be evaluated with EGD where they look down esophagus w/ scope. May also be achalasia -spasm/ irregular perastalsis ( the movement that pushes food along) rarely stroke, mass lesion. Get CT chest, thyroid ultrasound F/u/ w/ doc and gastroenterologist

Answered 3/2/2016

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