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Achalasia: an unusual cause of stridor
1Department of Radiology, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, UK.
Clinical Radiology
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
Two cases are presented of patients with achalasia were the massively dilated oesophagus resulted in respiratory compromise and stridor. This appears to be caused by mechanical compression of the trachea due to failure of relaxation of the upper oesophageal sphincter.