title: Acute upper-airway obstruction in a patient with achalasia.
abstract: The most common presenting symptoms of achalasia are dysphagia, recurrent regurgitation, and gradual weight loss. Surprisingly, many achalasia patients tolerate considerable esophageal distention without complaint. In very few cases is respiratory distress the only presenting symptom of achalasia. We describe such a case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Golzman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben Valid
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lebovici
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oren
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged