digestive disorders
Esophageal Tumors That Are Noncancerous
Diagnosis of Noncancerous Esophageal Tumors
Upper endoscopy or a barium swallow To diagnose these tumors, doctors do an upper endoscopy or a barium swallow and may also do endoscopic ultrasonography. In an Endoscopy , doctors look in the esophagus with a flexible tube. In a Once the tumors are seen, doctors take tissue samples by doing an upper endoscopy. Doctors may do a computed tomography (CT) scan in some people. 