title: Reversible achalasia-like motor pattern of esophageal body secondary to postoperative stricture of gastroesophageal junction.
abstract: Two cases are presented of benign stenosis of the cardia secondary to fibrosis following antireflux surgery in which the patients developed a motor alteration in the esophageal body similar to that of achalasia of the cardia. There was a complete absence of contractions in one patient, which had developed over a long period of time, and a vigorous pattern in the other patient, which had evolved over a short period. In both cases, after surgical treatment of the stenosis, normal motility in the esophageal body returned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parrilla
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Aguayo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martinez de Haro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation