Schatzki rings can often resemble a related entity called an esophageal web.

Two varieties of Schatzki rings have been described.

A Schatzki ring is typically diagnosed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy or barium swallow.

Although many hypotheses have offered, the cause of Schatzki rings remains uncertain; both congenital and acquired factors may be involved.

Patients with Schatzki rings can develop intermittent difficulty swallowing or, more seriously, a completely blocked esophagus.

About 6 to 14 percent of patients that receive a routine barium swallow test of the esophagus are found to have a Schatzki ring.

Symptomatic Schatzki rings may be treated with esophageal dilatation, using bougie or balloon dilators.

Food bolus obstruction is most commonly caused by Schatzki rings, which are mucosal rings of unknown cause in the lower esophagus.

In the 1950s, Schatzki first characterized a type of pathological stricture of the lower esophagus, which is now known as a Schatzki ring.

A Schatzki ring or Schatzki-Gary ring is a narrowing of the lower part of the esophagus that can cause difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).

The original description by Schatzki and Gary was of a ring of fibrous tissue seen on autopsy; this is the less common type of Schatzki ring.

When Schatzki rings cause symptoms, they usually result in episodic dysphagia with solid foods, or a sensation that the food "sticks" while swallowing, especially if the food is not chewed thoroughly.

Endoscopies and barium swallows done for other reasons often reveal unsuspected Schatzki rings, meaning that many Schatzki rings are asymptomatic.

Not all patients with Schatzki rings have symptoms; barium swallow tests of the esophagus sometimes show Schatzki rings in patients with no swallowing difficulties.

The name of one, Dr. Richard Schatzki, is now attached to a circular narrowing of the esophagus - a Schatzki ring - that causes food to stick in the gullet of many patients.

It is usually associated with diseases that narrow the lumen of the esophagus, such as eosinophilic esophagitis, Schatzki rings, peptic strictures, webs, or cancers of the esophagus; rarely it can be seen in disorders of the movement of the esophagus, such as nutcracker esophagus.

A Schatzki ring is a specific type of "esophageal ring", and Schatzki rings are further subdivided into those above the esophagus/stomach junction (A rings), and those found at the squamocolumnar junction in the lower esophagus (B rings).

Schatzki rings can often resemble a related entity called an esophageal web.

Two varieties of Schatzki rings have been described.

A Schatzki ring is typically diagnosed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy or barium swallow.

Although many hypotheses have offered, the cause of Schatzki rings remains uncertain; both congenital and acquired factors may be involved.

Patients with Schatzki rings can develop intermittent difficulty swallowing or, more seriously, a completely blocked esophagus.

About 6 to 14 percent of patients that receive a routine barium swallow test of the esophagus are found to have a Schatzki ring.

Symptomatic Schatzki rings may be treated with esophageal dilatation, using bougie or balloon dilators.

Food bolus obstruction is most commonly caused by Schatzki rings, which are mucosal rings of unknown cause in the lower esophagus.

In the 1950s, Schatzki first characterized a type of pathological stricture of the lower esophagus, which is now known as a Schatzki ring.

A Schatzki ring or Schatzki-Gary ring is a narrowing of the lower part of the esophagus that can cause difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).

The original description by Schatzki and Gary was of a ring of fibrous tissue seen on autopsy; this is the less common type of Schatzki ring.

When Schatzki rings cause symptoms, they usually result in episodic dysphagia with solid foods, or a sensation that the food "sticks" while swallowing, especially if the food is not chewed thoroughly.

Endoscopies and barium swallows done for other reasons often reveal unsuspected Schatzki rings, meaning that many Schatzki rings are asymptomatic.

Not all patients with Schatzki rings have symptoms; barium swallow tests of the esophagus sometimes show Schatzki rings in patients with no swallowing difficulties.

The name of one, Dr. Richard Schatzki, is now attached to a circular narrowing of the esophagus - a Schatzki ring - that causes food to stick in the gullet of many patients.

It is usually associated with diseases that narrow the lumen of the esophagus, such as eosinophilic esophagitis, Schatzki rings, peptic strictures, webs, or cancers of the esophagus; rarely it can be seen in disorders of the movement of the esophagus, such as nutcracker esophagus.

A Schatzki ring is a specific type of "esophageal ring", and Schatzki rings are further subdivided into those above the esophagus/stomach junction (A rings), and those found at the squamocolumnar junction in the lower esophagus (B rings).