Causes of acute oesophageal symptoms.
| Acute dysphagia – food bolus obstruction |
| > oesophageal stricture |
| > eosinophillic oesophagitis |
| > Schatzki ring |
| > reflux oesophagitis |
| > extrinsic oesophageal compression |
| > oesophageal motility disorders |
| > oesophageal cancer |
| Acute odynophagia and chest pain |
| > oesophageal infections – Candida, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus infection |
| > oesophageal motility disorders |
| > spontaneous oesophageal rupture |
| > oesophageal intramural haematoma |
| > pill induced |
| > radiation induced. |