Acute thoracic inlet obstruction in achalasia with adenoid cystic and squamous cell carcinoma.
Respiratory symptoms due to compression of the trachea by the dilated esophagus in achalasia are extremely rare. A patient is presented whose respiratory manifestations included engorged neck veins and a neck swelling that fluctuated with respiration. He also had two malignant tumors in his dilated esophagus, a squamous cell carcinoma and an adenoid cystic carcinoma.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013897:Thoracic Duct