title: Esophageal bezoar in a patient with achalasia: case report and literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Suck Chei
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Geom Seog
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Yong Sung
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Soo
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chong Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Im