[Pseudoachalasia: a diagnosis to consider in the assessment of dysphagia]. / Seudoacalasia: un diagnóstico a considerar en la evaluación de la disfagia.
Gastroenterol Hepatol
; 23(1): 14-5, 2000 Jan.
Article
in Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10726378
ABSTRACT
The diagnosis of achalasia is based on the patient's symptoms and on manometric studies although other diseases present similar symptomatology. To present an elderly woman clinically and manometrically diagnosed with achalasia of the cardia who was treated by dilatation. When the patient relapsed and was surgically treated she was found to have and esophageal adenocarcinoma. When considering a diagnosis of achalasia, alternative diagnoses (especially neoplasias) should be borne in mind, especially in unusual situations, such as rapid onset or in the elderly.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Deglutition Disorders
/
Esophageal Achalasia
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Aged
/
Aged80
/
Female
/
Humans
Language:
Es
Journal:
Gastroenterol Hepatol
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article