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A case of esophageal spasms in amyloidosis
Acta Medica Scandinavica
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
Impairment of esophageal peristalsis in amyloidosis is well known. A patient in whom esophageal spasms and orocricopharyngeal dyscoordination accompanied myeloma-associated amyloidosis is presented below. The different possible mechanisms producing these abnormalities are discussed.