Pseudoachalasia: a report of two cases with comments on possible causes and diagnosis.
Pseudoachalasia is a rare entity with symptoms and radiographic and esophageal manometric findings that may mimic primary achalasia. Two such cases are presented, one of which was associated with gastric carcinoma and the other with carcinoma of the lung.
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery