Esophageal bezoar in a patient with achalasia: case report and literature review.
Esophageal bezoars are rare, but are recognized as a distinct clinical entity. They are known to occur in patients with esophageal structural and functional abnormalities, but only a few cases of the development of esophageal bezoars in patients with esophageal motility disorders have only been described. We report a rare case of an esophageal bezoar that developed in a patient with achalasia, and review the literature concerning esophageal bezoars associated with esophageal motility disorders.
Kim
Ki Hoon
KH
Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
Choi
Suck Chei
SC
Seo
Geom Seog
GS
Kim
Yong Sung
YS
Choi
Chang Soo
CS
Im
Chong Ju
CJ