title: [A woman in acute respiratory distress].
abstract: A 59-year-old woman presented with acute respiratory distress and a superior vena cava syndrome. Her complaints were initiated by esophageal food obstruction. A CT-scan revealed a massively dilated esophagus caused by achalasia. There was compression of the trachea and the large veins of the neck. Patient underwent esophageal resection and gastric tube reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Meander Medisch Centrum, afd. Intensive Care, Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rosa L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: de Jager
authors.forename: Oscar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Groot
mesh_terms: D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology