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THEESOPHAGUS
W.G.PatersonandS.Mayrand
1.Introduction
(WewouldliketoacknowledgeandthankDr.I.T.Beckforhiscontributionofseveralofthefiguresforthechapterandvaluableeditorialadvice.)
Theesophagusisahollowmuscularorganwhoseprimaryfunctionistopropelintothestomachthefoodorfluidbolusthatitreceivesfromthepharynx.Symptomsofesophagealdiseaseareamongthemostcommonlyencounteredingastroenterology.Fortunately,mostsymptomsareduetobenigndiseasethatcanbeeasilyremedied.Thephysicianmustbeonthelookout,however,forthemoreseriousdisorders,whichcanpresentwithasimilarspectrumofsymptoms.Thischapterwillfocusonthepathophysiology,diagnosisandmanagementofthemorecommonesophagealdisorders.Rarediseasesinvolvingtheesophaguswillbedealtwithonlybriefly.
2.Anatomy
2.1MuscularAnatomy
Theesophagusisahollowmusculartubeclosedproximallybytheupperesophagealsphincter(UES)anddistallybytheloweresophagealsphincter(LES).TheUESconsistspredominantlyofthecricopharyngeusandthecaudalfibersoftheinferiorpharyngealconstrictormuscles.TheUESformsatransverseslitattheC5-C6vertebrallevelduetosurroundingbonystructuresandcartilage.Intheproximalone-quartertoone-thirdoftheesophagus,themuscleisstriated.Thereisthenatransitionzoneofvariablelengthwherethereisamixtureofbothsmoothandstriatedmuscle.Thedistalone-halftoone-thirdoftheesophagealbodyandLESarecomposedofsmoothmuscle.TheLESislocatedatthejunctionbetweentheesophagusandstomach,usuallylocalizedatorjustbelowthediaphragmatichiatus.Despiteitsdistinctphysiologicalfunction,itisnoteasilydistinguishedanatomically.
2.2Innervation
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Themotorinnervationoftheesophagusisviathevagusnerves.ThecellbodiesofthevagalefferentfibersinnervatingtheUESandtheproximalstriated-muscleesophagusariseinthenucleusambiguus,whereasfibersdestinedforthedistalsmooth-musclesegmentandtheLESoriginateinthedorsalmotornucleus.TheesophagusandLESalsoreceivesympatheticnervesupply(bothmotorandsensory)arisingfromspinalsegmentsT1-T10.Sensoryinnervationisalsocarriedviathevagusandconsistsofbipolarnervesthathavetheircellbodiesinthenodoseganglionandprojectfromtheretothebrainstem.
2.3BloodSupply
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ArterialbloodsupplytotheUESandcervicalesophagusisviabranchesoftheinferiorthyroidartery.Mostofthethoracicesophagusissuppliedbypairedaorticesophagealarteriesorterminalbranchesofbronchialarteries.TheLESandthemostdistalsegmentoftheesophagusaresuppliedbytheleftgastricarteryandbyabranchoftheleftphrenicartery.Venousdrainageisviaanextensivesubmucosalplexusthatdrainsintothesuperiorvenacavafromtheproximalesophagusandintotheazygoussystemfromthemid-esophagus.Inthedistalesophagus,collateralsfromtheleftgastricvein(abranchoftheportalvein)andtheazygosinterconnectinthesubmucosa.Thisconnectionbetweentheportalandsystemicvenoussystemsisclinicallyimportant;whenthereishypertension,varicealdilationcanoccurinthisarea.Thesesubmucosalesophagealvaricescanbethesourceofmajorgastrointestinalhemorrhage.
2.4LymphaticDrainage
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Intheproximalthirdoftheesophagus,lymphaticsdrainintothedeepcervicallymphnodes,whereasinthemiddlethird,drainageisintothesuperiorandposteriormediastinalnodes.Thedistal-thirdlymphaticsfollowtheleftgastricarterytothegastricandceliaclymphnodes.Thereisconsiderableinterconnectionamongthesethreedrainageregions.
2.5Histology
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Thewalloftheesophagusconsistsofmucosa,submucosaandmuscularispropria.Unlikeotherareasofthegut,itdoesnothaveadistinctserosalcovering,butiscoveredbyathinlayeroflooseconnectivetissue.ThemucosaconsistsofstratifiedsquamousepitheliuminallregionsoftheesophagusexcepttheLES,wherebothsquamousandcolumnarepitheliummaycoexist.Beneaththeepitheliumarethelaminapropriaandthelongitudinallyorientedmuscularismucosa.Thesubmucosacontainsconnectivetissueaswellaslymphocytes,plasmacellsandnervecells(Meissner'splexus).Themuscularispropriaconsistsofaninnercircularandanouterlongitudinalmusclelayer.Thecircularmusclelayerprovidesthesequentialperistalticcontractionthatpropelsthefoodbolustowardthestomach.BetweenthecircularandlongitudinalmusclelayersliesanothernerveplexuscalledthemyentericorAuerbach'splexus,whichmediatesmuchoftheintrinsicnervouscontrolofesophagealmotorfunction.
3.Physiology
Themajorfunctionoftheesophagusistopropelswallowedfoodorfluidintothestomach.Thisiscarriedoutbysequentialor"peristaltic"contractionoftheesophagealbodyinconcertwithappropriatelytimedrelaxationoftheupperandloweresophagealsphincters.Theesophagusalsoclearsanyrefluxedgastriccontentsbackintothestomachandtakespartinsuchreflexactivitiesasvomitingandbelching.
3.1Deglutition:
PrimaryPeristalsis
Theactofdeglutitionisacomplexreflexactivity.Theinitialphaseisundervoluntarycontrol.Foodischewed,mixedwithsalivaandformedintoanappropriatelysizedbolusbeforebeingthrusttotheposteriorpharynxbythetongue.Oncethebolusreachestheposteriorpharynx,receptorsareactivatedthatinitiatetheinvoluntaryphaseofdeglutition.Thisinvolvesthecarefullysequencedcontractionofmyriadheadandneckmuscles.Thefoodbolusisrapidlyengulfedandpushedtowardtheesophagusbythepharyngealconstrictormuscles.Simultaneouslythereisactivationofmusclesthatliftthepalateandcloseoffandelevatethelarynxinordertopreventmisdirectionofthebolus.Almostimmediatelyuponactivationofthisreflex,theUESopensjustlongenoughtoallowthefoodbolustopassthrough;itthenrapidlyshutstopreventretrogradepassageofthebolus.Theoropharyngealphaseisthuscompletedandtheesophagealphasetakesover.Thisinvolvestwomajorphenomena:
(1)thesequentialcontractionofthecircularmuscleoftheesophagealbody,whichresultsinacontractilewavethatmigratestowardthestomach;and
(2)therelaxationandopeningoftheLES,whichallowsthebolustopass.TheperistalticsequenceandassociatedUESandLESrelaxationinducedbyswallowingaretermedprimaryperistalsis.Thesecanbeassessedmanometricallyusinganintraluminaltubetomeasurepressures.ThetypicalsequenceseenduringprimaryperistalsisisdepictedinFigure1.Secondaryperistalsisreferstoaperistalticsequencethatoccursinresponsetodistentionoftheesophagus.Thisisalocalizedperistalticwavethatusuallybeginsjustabovetheareaofdistention.ItisassociatedwithLESrelaxation,butnotwithUESrelaxationordeglutition.
3.2UpperEsophagealSphincterFunction
TheUESservesasapressurebarriertopreventretrogradeflowofesophagealcontentsandtheentryofairintotheesophagusduringinspiration.Thishigh-pressurezoneiscreatedbytoniccontractionoftheUESmuscles,whichisproducedbytonicneuronaldischargeofvagallowermotorneurons.WithdeglutitionthisneuronaldischargeceasestemporarilyandpermitsrelaxationoftheUES.UESopeningwillnotoccurwithrelaxationofthemusclesalone;itrequireselevationandanteriordisplacementofthelarynx,whichismediatedbycontractionofthesuprahyoidmuscles.Relaxationlastsforonlyonesecondandisfollowedbyapostrelaxationcontraction(Figure1).
3.3EsophagealBodyPeristalsis
Thereisafundamentaldifferenceinthecontrolmechanismsofperistalsisbetweentheupper(striated-muscle)esophagusandthelower(smooth-muscle)esophagus.Inthestriated-musclesegment,peristalsisisproducedbysequentialfiringofvagallowermotorneuronssothatuppersegmentscontractfirstandmoreaboralsegmentssubsequently.Inthesmooth-musclesegment,thevagalpreganglionicefferentfibershavesomeroleintheaboralsequencingofcontraction,butintrinsicneuronsarealsocapableofevokingperistalsisindependentlyoftheextrinsicnervoussystem.Transectionofvagalmotorfiberstotheesophagusinexperimentalanimalswillabolishprimaryperistalsisthroughouttheesophagus;however,inthissetting,distention-inducedorsecondaryperistalsiswillbemaintainedinthesmooth-musclebutnotinthestriated-musclesegment.Furthermore,ifvagalefferentfibersarestimulatedelectrically(Figure2),asimultaneouscontractionwillbeproducedinthestriated-muscleesophagusthatbeginswiththeonsetoftheelectricalstimulus,laststhroughoutthestimulus,andendsabruptlywhenthestimulusisterminated.Inthesmooth-muscleesophagus,however,theresponsetovagalefferentnervestimulationisquitedifferent,inthattheonsetofcontractionsisdelayedrelativetotheonsetofthestimulus.Thelatencytoonsetofthecontractionincreasesinthemoredistalsegmentsoftheesophagus(i.e.,theevokedcontractionsareperistaltic).
Thisexperimentalobservationindicatesthatintrinsicneuromuscularmechanismsexistandcanmediateperistalsisontheirown.Furtherevidenceforthismechanismisfoundinstudieswherestripsofesophagealcircularsmoothmusclearestimulatedelectricallyinvitro.Thelatencytocontractionafterstimulationisshortestinthestripstakenfromtheproximalsmooth-musclesegmentandincreasesprogressivelyinthemoredistalstrips.
Thislatencygradientofcontractionisclearlyimportantintheproductionofesophagealperistalsis.Althoughtheexactmechanismsareunclear,initialordeglutitiveinhibitionisim
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