stricture

In medicine, a stricture (Latin strictura "the contraction") is a severe constriction ( stenosis ) of the lumen of a hollow organ caused by inflammation or scarring of the organ wall or the surrounding tissue ( organic stricture ) or by spastic contractions of the Musculature surrounding the lumen ( functional stricture ) can be caused. Examples are the urethral stricture , the small intestine stricture or the esophageal stricture .

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Hallscheidt, Axel Haferkamp: Urogenital Imaging . Springer, November 9, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-10525-8 , pp. 138-9.
↑ Jörg C. Hoffmann: Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The CED Manual for Clinic and Practice . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-13-138111-8 , p. 228.
↑ Alexander F Chernousov: Surgery of the esophagus . Springer, October 17, 2002, ISBN 978-3-7985-1173-6 , p. 264.

[HallscheidtHaferkamp2010-1] Peter Hallscheidt, Axel Haferkamp: Urogenital Imaging . Springer, November 9, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-10525-8 , pp. 138-9.

[Hoffmann2004-2] Jörg C. Hoffmann: Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The CED Manual for Clinic and Practice . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-13-138111-8 , p. 228.

[Chernousov2002-3] Alexander F Chernousov: Surgery of the esophagus . Springer, October 17, 2002, ISBN 978-3-7985-1173-6 , p. 264.