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Megaesophagus and hereditary nervous system degeneration
1Department of Medicine, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Diego.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|September 1, 1994
Summary
A rare inherited central nervous system (CNS) disease caused significant esophageal dilation. This megaesophagus occurred without the typical achalasia-related lower esophageal sphincter dysfunction, and its cause remains unknown.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Gastroenterology
- Pathology
Background:
- A patient presented with a progressive, inherited central nervous system (CNS) disease.
- The patient developed significant esophageal dilatation, a condition also known as megaesophagus.
- This megaesophagus was not associated with the characteristic lower esophageal sphincter dysfunction seen in achalasia.