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Oesophageal achalasia combined with epiphrenic diverticulum. A case report
P C Rasmussen1, B S Jensen, A Winther
1University Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Arhus, Denmark.
Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case is presented in which oesophageal achalasia combined with epiphrenic diverticulum caused severe and progressive symptoms, including gross nutritional disturbance. Resection of the diverticulum and esophagomyotomy gave an excellent result.