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Stridor from tracheal obstruction in a patient with achalasia
1Gastroenterology Unit, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
We present a case of respiratory compromise from mechanical compression of the trachea by the distended esophagus in a patient with achalasia. Our patient was unusual because of young age, male sex, and family history of achalasia. We review the literature on this unusual complication of achalasia.