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Familial polyposis syndrome and achalasia in a young adult. [PDF]

JPGN Rep
Abstract We report the case of a 19‐year‐old White male diagnosed with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), Gardner's syndrome (GS) phenotype, status post total colectomy, who developed progressive dysphagia and weight loss. He was diagnosed with achalasia based on imaging and esophageal manometry.
Lorusso Vivas GA, Brady AC, Llanos-Chea A.   +2 more
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Achalasia

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2022
Achalasia is a rare disorder of the oesophageal smooth muscle characterized by impaired relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) and absent or spastic contractions in the oesophageal body. The key pathophysiological mechanism is loss of inhibitory nerve function that probably results from an autoimmune attack targeting oesophageal myenteric ...
Edoardo Savarino, Shobna Bhatia, Sabine Roman, Daniel Sifrim, Jan Tack, Sarah K. Thompson, C. Prakash Gyawali   +6 more
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Achalasia

The Lancet, 2014
Achalasia is a rare motility disorder of the oesophagus characterised by loss of enteric neurons leading to absence of peristalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Although its cause remains largely unknown, ganglionitis resulting from an aberrant immune response triggered by a viral infection has been proposed to underlie ...
Guy E Boeckxstaens, Giovanni Zaninotto, Joel E Richter   +2 more
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Treatment of esophageal achalasia in children: Today and tomorrow [PDF]

, 2015
Esophageal achalasia (EA) is a rare esophageal motility disorder in children. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) represents the treatment of choice in young patients. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is becoming an alternative to LHM.
Caldaro, T, Contini, Ac, Costamagna, G., Cucchiara, Salvatore, Dall'Oglio, L, De Angelis, P, Familiari, P, Federici di Abriola, G, Gigante, G, Marchese, M, Romeo, Ef, Torroni, F   +11 more
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Modeling of influential predictors of gastric cancer incidence rates in Golestan Province, North Iran [PDF]

, 2014
Golestan province has a reputation for relatively high incidence rates of gastric cancer in Iran. Along with dietary, lifestyle and environmental influential factors, soil selenium and high levels of pesticide used may exert influence in this region. The
Behnampour, N., Hajizadeh, E., Semnani, S., Zayeri, F.   +3 more
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Nitrates for achalasia [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2002
Achalasia is a disease that impairs oesophageal motility. Though nitrates have been used to treat achalasia for a long time, the effectiveness of nitrates for achalasia is still controversial.To quantify short-term and long-term effects of nitrate therapy in patients with achalasia.Trials were identified by searching the Cochrane Controlled Trials ...
Elizabeth Gardener, Yiping Wang, Zhonghui Wen   +2 more
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Development and Validation of a National US Achalasia Cohort: The Veterans Affairs Achalasia Cohort (VA-AC) [PDF]

, 2022
Background & aimsAchalasia is an esophageal motility disorder associated with significant morbidity, yet achalasia-associated risk factors and outcomes are not well-characterized.
Bustamante, Ranier, Gupta, Samir, Liu, Lin, Low, Eric E, Yadlapati, Rena   +4 more
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Socio-economic status and lifestyle factors are associated with achalasia risk: a population-based case-control study. [PDF]

, 2015
AIM: To evaluate the association between various lifestyle factors and achalasia risk. METHODS: A population-based case-control study was conducted in Northern Ireland, including n = 151 achalasia cases and n = 117 age- and sex-matched controls ...
Coleman, Helen G., Coyle, Peter V., Gray, Ronan T., Johnston, Brian T., Lau, Kar W., McCaughey, Conall, Murray, Liam J.   +6 more
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The treatment of achalasia patients with esophageal varices: an international study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Treatment options for achalasia include endoscopic and surgical techniques that carry the risk of esophageal bleeding and perforation. The rare coexistence of esophageal varices has only been anecdotally described and treatment is presumed to
Bredenoord, Aj, Gyawali, Cp, Holloway, Rh, Magee, C, Pesce, M, Pioche, M, Quader, F, Roman, S, Sanagapalli, S, Sarnelli, G, Savarino, E, Sweis, R   +11 more
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ALLELE-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEATS OF THE INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE IS ASSOCIATED WITH IDIOPATHIC ACHALASIA [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Polymorphisms of genes involved in the regulation of the immune response are risk factors for achalasia, but their contribution to disease pathogenesis is unknown.
Annese, Vito, BRUZZESE, DARIO, CUOMO, ROSARIO, D'ALESSANDRO, ALESSANDRA, Esposito, Giuseppe, GROSSO, MICHELA, IZZO, PAOLA, PALUMBO, ILARIA, PESCE, MARCELLA, Petruzzelli, Raffaella, SARNELLI, GIOVANNI, Sepulveres, Rossana, Zaninotto, Giovanni   +12 more
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