Results 91 to 100 of about 11,228 (218)

Pseudoachalasia due to Distal Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Elderly Patient: Clinical Insights

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Pseudoachalasia is a rare condition that clinically and radiologically mimics primary achalasia, most commonly secondary to an underlying malignancy. We report the case of a 79‐year‐old man presenting with a two‐month history of progressive dysphagia to both solids and liquids, accompanied by regurgitation, retrosternal discomfort, heartburn ...
Carlos Solórzano Flores, Iván Pineda, Neel Parikh, Hamza Yasser Mahmoud, Mohamed Hisham Alamin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical Treatment for Achalasia of the Esophagus: Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2013
Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder that leads to dysphagia, chest pain, and weight loss. Its diagnosis is clinically suspected and is confirmed with esophageal manometry.
Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos, Luis Alfonso Martin-del-Campo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achalasia in the elderly patient: a comparative study

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2011
CONTEXT: Achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder secondary to the degeneration of ganglion cells of the inhibitory intramural myenteric plexus. It affects both sexes similarly and has two peaks of incidence, one in the 3rd to 4th decades of life
Rosana B. Schechter, Eponina M. O. Lemme, Paula Novais, Beatriz Biccas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in a Patient with Achalasia Cardia with Prior Heller’s Myotomy

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2020
Achalasia cardia is an esophageal myenteric plexus disorder characterized by absence of or incomplete lower esophageal sphincter relaxation and esophageal aperistalsis; Heller’s myotomy is the main treatment of choice due to a lower failure rate ...
Muhammad Miftahussurur, Manu Tandan, Dadang Makmun, Zaheer Nabi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gastro-Esophageal Reflux in Children [PDF]

, 2017
Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) is common in infants and children and has a varied clinical presentation: from infants with innocent regurgitation to infants and children with severe esophageal and extra-esophageal complications that define pathological ...
Borrelli, O, Pesce, M, Rybak, A, Thapar, N   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Esophageal perforation: Diagnostic work-up and clinical decision-making in the first 24 hours [PDF]

, 2011
Esophageal perforation is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition. Early clinical suspicion and imaging is important for case management to achieve a good outcome.
Søreide, Jon Arne, Viste, Asgaut
core   +2 more sources

Endoscopic treatment of esophageal achalasia

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2016
Achalasia is a motility disorder of the esophagus characterized by dysphagia, regurgitation of undigested food, chest pain, weight loss and respiratory symptoms. The most common form of achalasia is the idiopathic one. Diagnosis largely relies upon endoscopy, barium swallow study, and high resolution esophageal manometry (HRM).
ESPOSITO, DARIO, MAIONE, FRANCESCO, D'ALESSANDRO, ALESSANDRA, SARNELLI, GIOVANNI, DE PALMA, GIOVANNI DOMENICO   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Emergencies after endoscopic procedures [PDF]

, 2013
Endoscopy adverse events (AEs), or complications, are a rising concern on the quality of endoscopic care, given the technical advances and the crescent complexity of therapeutic procedures, over the entire gastrointestinal and bilio-prancreatic tract. In
Abbas, Adler, Affi, Alexander, Ana C. Caetano, Andriulli, Apel, ASGE Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee, ASGE Standards of Practice Committee, Bakker, Balmadrid, Baron, Baron, Bisceglia, Blero, Boeckxstaens, Bokun, Bonin, Boustière, Bowles, Canena, Cao, Carla Rolanda, Cotton, Cotton, Deboever, Dinis-Ribeiro, Dinis-Ribeiro, Doi, Efthymiou, Endoscopy Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Finsterer, Freeman, Fry, Fukami, Gaidos, Garbay, Giovannini, Gupta, Hagel, Han, Hassan, Hernandez, Inoue, Itoi, Jacobs, Jafri, Jenssen, Kahaleh, Kakushima, Kang, Kobayashi, Kowalczyk, Kuehn, Kwon, Laine, Lee, Lindenmann, Lohsiriwat, Lyday, Lépilliez, Maetani, Magdeburg, Mangiavillano, Manner, Manner, Manta, Matsuda, McClave, Mensink, Minami, Montalvo, Moreira-Pinto, Murariu, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, Neumann, Otake, Piotet, Polkowski, Prachayakul, Qadeer, Quine, Ren, Rolanda, Saito, Schmitz, Schuman, Sgourakis, Shaheen, Sharma, Shi, Sorbi, Stapfer, Stienecker, Stock, Straumann, Sung, Tam, Tam, Tamiya, Tan, Van Boeckel, Van Os, Vanuytsel, Verschuur, Voermans, Vogel, Wang, Williams, Xin, Yang, Yoshida, Yuki, Zopf   +116 more
core   +3 more sources

Respiratory symptoms of megaesophagus

Italian Journal of Medicine, 2013
Megaesophagus as the end result of achalasia is the consequence of disordered peristalsis and the slow decompensation of the esophageal muscular layer.
Fabio Di Stefano, Lorenzo Migliorato
doaj   +1 more source

Esophageal Lichen Planus Developed in a Patient With Achalasia

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 396-397, February 2026.
Masayoshi Kure, Ippei Tanaka, Yuto Shimamura, Haruhiro Inoue   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source