title: Nutcracker esophagus--a nut hard to swallow.
authors.forename: Ronnie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fass
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dickman
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010528:Peristalsis