Severe dysphagia, dysmotility, and unusual saccular dilation (diverticulum) of the esophagus following excision of an asymptomatic congenital cyst

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1254-1258

  Mahajan, Ravish J ^a   Marshall, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CYST; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIVERTICULUM, ESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGEAL CYST; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030010891     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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