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Clinical Diagnosis of Achalasia: How Reliable is the Barium X-Ray?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006
Manometry is considered to be the gold standard for the diagnosis of achalasia. However, many physicians believe that contrast radiography, classically showing esophageal dilation with bird-beak narrowing of the gastroesophageal junction, is also ...
I El-Takli, P O’Brien, WG Paterson
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Achalasia - An Update

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2010
Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder of unknown cause, characterized by aperistalsis of the esophageal body and impaired lower esophageal sphincter relaxation. Patients present at all ages, primarily with dysphagia for solids/liquids and bland regurgitation.
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Achalasia and esophageal cancer: risks and links

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology, 2018
Maura Torres-Aguilera,1 José María Remes Troche2 1Department of Pediatric Gastroenteritis, Hospital CMN “La Raza”, Mexico City, Mexico; 2Digestive Physiology and Motility Laboratory, Medical Biological Research Institute ...
Torres-Aguilera M, Remes Troche JM
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A Case of Type II Achalasia Occurring in a Nonagenarian Diagnosed with Acute Food Impaction

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by loss of esophageal peristalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Patients with achalasia often complain of persistent symptoms for several years before diagnosis.
Seong Hyun Koh, Moo In Park, Woo Hyuk Jung, Kyoungwon Jung, Sung Eun Kim, Won Moon, Seun Ja Park   +6 more
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Achalasia with megaesophagus

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2023
Yang, Chew Fatt, Chua, Chun
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Cricopharyngeal achalasia in connection with autoimmune disorders in a pre-adolescent patient: a case report

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2017
Cricopharyngeal achalasia is an uncommon cause of dysphagia, especially in children. Congenital form is known in neonates and infants. In older children this disease has been reported in very rare cases and mostly in connection with neurological and ...
Urška Vučina, Primož Kotnik, Rok Orel
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Diagnostics and Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Scientific Medical Society of Internal Medicine, Russian Society for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, REndO Endoscopic Society)

Российский журнал гастроэнтерологии, гепатологии, колопроктологии
Aim: to familiarize gastroenterologists, therapists, functional diagnostics and general practitioners (family doctors), radiologists, and endoscopists with modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of achalasia of the cardia.Key points.
V. T. Ivashkin, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. V. Maev, O. M. Drapkina, A. I. Martynov, O. A. Storonova, E. A. Godgello, M. P. Korolev, T. L. Lapina, P. V. Pavlov, A. V. Paraskevova, I. A. Tarasova, E. D. Fedorov, A. T. Tskhovrebov, M. P. Shapka, A. L. Shestakov, A. V. Yurasov   +16 more
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Exploring the Role of Post-Viral Phenomenon in the Pathogenesis of Achalasia: Insights From a Clinical Case. [PDF]

ACG Case Rep J
Mirabadi NP, Chen J, Ma L.
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Clinical outcomes of repeat peroral endoscopic myotomy for recurrent esophageal achalasia: A case series. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore)
Li K, Wan D, Guo C, Li J, Chen T, Xu M.
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy provides effective and sustained relief for achalasia in Allgrove syndrome: a long-term comparative cohort study. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Liu Y, Hu Y, Guo T, Wang Z, Sun X, Yang A, Feng Y, Jiang Q, Lu L, Li X.   +9 more
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