[Idiopathic mega-oesophagus with an "historic" evolution (author's transl)]

Report of an african case of idiopathic mega-oesophagus observed after 6 years of evolution without any treatment. Surgery (Heller technic) gave a good result and brought evidence of a non-expected peritoneal tuberculosis related to cachexy. The patient having discarded all medical follow-up, death occured 2 years later.