Infantile achalasia treated by pneumatic dilatation.
A 4 month old girl with oesophageal achalasia was successfully treated with a single pneumatic dilatation. A subsequent barium swallow showed almost normal oesophageal caliber. During the following eighteen months, vomiting and feeding problems did not recur.
Perisic
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Mother and Child Health Institute, Novi Beograd, Yugoslavia.
Mihailovic
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D001466:Barium Sulfate; D002404:Catheterization; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography
D001466:Barium Sulfate