Esophagus - Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia (23 of 31)

Achalasia and Clubbing of the Fingers

Hippocrates first described digital clubbing in patients with
empyema.

Six months after dilatation of the esophagus patient
initiates with clubbing of the fingers, cardiopulmonary
diseases were ruled out with multiple medical test.

Clubbing can be idiopathic or secondary to many
underlying pathologies in various organ systems

Gastrointestinal disease related with clubbing

Ulcerative colitis
Crohn disease
primary biliary cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver
leiomyoma of the esophagus
achalasia
peptic ulceration of the esophagus
Colonic or esophageal carcinoma.