title: Thoracic succussion splash: a new symptom and sign of achalasia.
abstract: A patient with a "thoracic succussion splash" due to achalasia is described. She noted a splashing or sloshing sensation in her chest related to jogging and bending. On examination a splashing sound could be heard over the mid sternum and the posterior chest when the patient was rocked vigorously back and forth.
authors: GI Unit, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001314:Auscultation; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013016:Sound; D013909:Thorax