Cricopharyngeal achalasia responsive to balloon dilation in an infant

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 472-474

  Davis, Dereck ^b   Nowicki, Michael ^a   Giles, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cricopharyngeal achalasia; Esophageal dilation; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 17244378227     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000152547.57272.37     Document Type: Article

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