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Robotic Myotomy and Partial Fundoplication for Achalasia
Published on: August 11, 2023
Severe respiratory failure secondary to megaesophagus due to terminal achalasia
David Ortiz López1, María Asunción Acosta Mérida2, María Del Mar Callejón Cara2
1Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, España.
Abstract:
We present the case of a 56-year-old male diagnosed with achalasia ten years previously without follow-up. He presented with fever, dysphonia and dyspnea associated with a constitutional syndrome of one month of evolution. Laboratory tests showed leucocytosis of 15,870/ul. The chest radiography confirmed mediastinal widening and a chest computed tomography (CT) showed full esophageal dilation up to 10 cm compressing the trachea and right main bronchus, with tapering at the esophagogastric junction.
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