Reversible aperistalsis as a complication of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
A case of an acquired scleroderma-like aperistalsis of the esophagus caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease and reversed by correction of the reflux and healing of the esophagitis is presented. This abnormality appears to be a more extreme example of an increasingly reported complication of gastroesophageal reflux, reversible esophageal motility changes.
D002648:Child; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000503:physiopathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010528:Peristalsis