Acute Airway Obstruction and Achalasia of the Esophagus
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 98 (8) , 641-643
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000348948909800814
Abstract
Patients with achalasia tolerate considerable distension of the esophagus. Respiratory symptoms usually are due to regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration of retained food rather than to a space-occupying mechanism. We describe a case of previously undiagnosed achalasia presenting in an elderly woman with symptoms consistent with tracheal obstruction of acute onset.Keywords
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