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[Diagnostic image (49). Megaesophagus in achalasia]
O R Busch1, J F Bartelsman, J J van Lanschot
1Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam. o.r.busch@amc.uva.nl
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|August 22, 2001
Abstract:
Already as a child a 49-year-old man suffered from cough, regurgitation and dysfagia. He had a mega-esophagus, caused by achalasia. He was successfully treated by resection of the esophagus and intrathoracic gastric bypass.