Familial achalasia in children

• Published in: Pediatric surgery international Vol. 28; no. 12; pp. 1229 - 1233
• Main Authors: Torab, Fawaz Chikh, Hamchou, Moustafa, Ionescu, Gabriel, Al-Salem, Ahmed H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.12.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Case Report; Child, Preschool; Esophageal Achalasia - genetics; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pediatric Surgery; Pediatrics; Pedigree; Surgery; Achalasia; Heller’s myotomy; Children; Hereditary; Familial

Achalasia is rare in the pediatric age group and in most cases it is idiopathic with no family history. Familial achalasia is very rare. This report describes two families with achalasia: in one, six children were affected while in the other a brother and a sister had Allgrove’s syndrome (triple-A s...