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SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion

Achalasia is an idiopathic motility disorder of the oesophagus of increasing incidence. It is characterized by aperistalsis of the lower oesophagus and failure of relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Patients classically present with chronic symptoms of dysphagia, chest pain, weight loss a...

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Autores principales: Molena, Emma J., Krishnamoorthy, Ashwin, Praveen, Coimbatore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26933001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw022
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author Molena, Emma J.
Krishnamoorthy, Ashwin
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description Achalasia is an idiopathic motility disorder of the oesophagus of increasing incidence. It is characterized by aperistalsis of the lower oesophagus and failure of relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Patients classically present with chronic symptoms of dysphagia, chest pain, weight loss and regurgitation, and they commonly suffer pulmonary complications such as recurrent microaspiration of static, retained food contents of the upper oesophagus. However, it has also been described, uncommonly, to present with megaoesophagus and secondary tracheal compression. We present a case of megaoesophagus secondary to achalasia which presented with stridor and signs of acute superior vena caval obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-47719962016-03-01 SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion Molena, Emma J. Krishnamoorthy, Ashwin Praveen, Coimbatore J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Achalasia is an idiopathic motility disorder of the oesophagus of increasing incidence. It is characterized by aperistalsis of the lower oesophagus and failure of relaxation of the lower oesophageal sphincter. Patients classically present with chronic symptoms of dysphagia, chest pain, weight loss and regurgitation, and they commonly suffer pulmonary complications such as recurrent microaspiration of static, retained food contents of the upper oesophagus. However, it has also been described, uncommonly, to present with megaoesophagus and secondary tracheal compression. We present a case of megaoesophagus secondary to achalasia which presented with stridor and signs of acute superior vena caval obstruction. Oxford University Press 2016-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4771996/ /pubmed/26933001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw022 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
title SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
title_full SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
title_fullStr SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
title_full_unstemmed SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
title_short SVC obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
title_sort svc obstruction and stridor relieved by nasogastric tube insertion
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26933001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw022
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