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Achalasia - Presentation of Whole Esophageal...

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Achalasia occurs with an incidence of approximately 1:100,000 with an equal gender distribution. It occurs at all ages with an increase in incidence observed after the seventh decade. Dysphagia is...

Retroflexed Image of Narrowed Gastroesophageal...

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A "tight" gastroesophageal junction retroflexed image Sir Thomas Willis is credited with the first report of a patient with achalasia in 1674. Von Mikulicz in 1882 and Einhorn in 1888 hypothesized...

Achalasia - Residual Food - 50 Year-Old Lady

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This 50 year-old lady presented with progressive dysphagia to solids and liquids.

Achalasia - Assessment of Treatment Result (After...

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Status after dilatation with balloon Achalasia is the best understood example of an esophageal motility disorder and characterized by esophageal aperistalsis and impaired relaxation of the lower esophageal...

Balloon Dilatation for Esophageal Achalasia

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Balloon dilatation (pneumatic dilatation) This case the balloon was filled with water instead of air Pneumatic dilatation is considered to be the first line therapy for achalasia, but long-term outcome...

Esophageal Achalasia - Suspicion of Motor Dysphagia

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The GE junction was tight suggestive of motor dysphagia

Esophageal Achalasia - Impaction of Piece of...

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Meat Bolus With diathermy loop this piece of meat was extracted

Esophageal Achalasia - 65 Year-Old Female. Impaction...

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This 65 year-old female presented dysphagia, endoscopy finding: piece of meet impacted in the middle third of the esophagus and spasm of the lower third consistently of esophageal achalasia. this piece...

Pseudoachalasia - Suspicion of Neoplastic Infiltration

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This image, which did not appear during the previous three months endoscopy. It is a typical neoplastic infiltration. There are, depressed mucosal surface, abrupt termination of folds, fold tapering...

Assessment of Typical Parameters of Malignancy...

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The image and video display some typical parameters of criteria of a malign ulcer, gastric cardias in retrofled image.

Recurrent Pseudoachalasia - Necessity of New...

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The patient did not returned until the date of a new endoscopy; he had gained 30 pounds but the cardias needed a new dilatation.

Pseudoachalasia - 42 Year-Old Man

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A 42 year-old man, who presented weight loss of more than 30 pounds and vomiting, during the previous 6 months. At that time, the upper endoscopy performed in a public hospital only explored the esophagus,...

Esophageal Achalasia - Retroflexed View of Cardias...

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Achalasia. Retroflexed view of the fundus shows a cardias so tight, the retroflex maneuver can not be performed into the esophagus.

Endoscopic Image of Achalasia

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Esophageal Achalasia. Sir Thomas Willis first described achalasia in 1674. Willis successfully treated a patient by dilating the LES with a cork-tipped whalebone. Not until 1929 did Hurt and Rake...

Esophageal Achalasia - Biopsy of Mucosa

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Esophageal Achalasia. Maneuvering with the biopsy forceps troughs the cardias and taken the biopsy to rule out malignancy.

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