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Acute Upper-Airway Obstruction in Achalasia of the Esophagus |
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| Authors: | F. Dominguez F. Hernandez-Ranz D. Boixeda P. Valdazo |
| Affiliation: | Service of Gastroenterology. Hospital "Ramon y Cajal," Madrid, Spain |
| Abstract: | We present a patient with a rare complication of achalasia. The principal complaint was a severe acute respiratory distress due to tracheal compression by an achalasic esophagus relieved by nasoesophageal tube aspiration. |
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