The pathogenesis of pseudoachalasia: A clinicopathologic study of 13 cases of a rare entity

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 784-788

  Liu, Wendy ^a   Fackler, William ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Richter, Joel E ^a   Achkar, Edgar ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophagogastric adenocarcinoma; Myenteric plexus; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Pseudoachalasia; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS METASTASIS; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PSEUDOACHALASIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036115850     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200206000-00013     Document Type: Article

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