Esophageal Indentation

Esophageal indentation is a condition in which there is strong stretching or traction of the esophagus. **Impressio esophagi** is a fairly rare pathology, but accompanied by serious consequences and posing a threat to the patient’s life. The disease occurs in both children and adults

The esophagus is a hollow muscular organ that is designed to receive and transport food from the mouth to the stomach. However, it often happens that instead of the stomach cavity, a small intraperitoneal depression is formed outside the chest, which looks like a small rounded bulge below the xiphoid process. This pathology is called “esophageal indentation” or “esophageal impression.” There are two types of esophageal indentation: linear and circular. The linear formation is a narrow strip running in the direction from the medial edge of the sternum down and medially. Round depression manifests itself in the form of a round or oval congenital protrusion, which can reach sizes from 0.5 to

Dilvirance in the chest or esophageal depression is an extrathoracic hernia that moves freely into the abdominal cavity and cardiac esophagus.

This pathology occurs in children and adults, but more often in women. This is a rare congenital malformation in which the sternal end of the esophagus deviates instead of entering the cardiac opening. Another name for dilavina of the esophagus. Among children and adolescents, this disease is observed somewhat less frequently, but when this diagnosis is made in adult patients, such a congenital injury to the esophagus is quite unusual and may not manifest itself in the patient throughout his life. In children, the esophagus moves closer to the sternum, as a result of which the organ moves upward and at the same time it is pushed out by the chest. As the child grows, the sternum gives in slightly and against this background a hernial opening is formed - the esophageal cavity. In adults, the pathological location is associated with abnormal development