SEVERE RESPIRATORY FAILURE SECONDARY TO MEGAOESOPHAGUS DUE TO TERMINAL ACHALASIA

Achalasia is usually treated endoscopically by dilations, injection of botulinum toxin or the most recent POEM treatment, or surgically by Heller myotomy associated with fundoplication. Esophagectomy is reserved in terminal cases (megaesophagus with dysmotility or malignancy). We present a case of a...

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Published inRevista española de enfermedades digestivas
Main Authors Ortiz López, David, Acosta Mérida, María Asunción, Callejón Cara, María Del Mar, Marchena Gómez, Joaquín
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Spain 04.01.2021
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Summary:Achalasia is usually treated endoscopically by dilations, injection of botulinum toxin or the most recent POEM treatment, or surgically by Heller myotomy associated with fundoplication. Esophagectomy is reserved in terminal cases (megaesophagus with dysmotility or malignancy). We present a case of achalasia that, 10 years after diagnosis, without follow-up, presented severe respiratory failure secondary to compression of the airway by the megaesophagus.
ISSN:1130-0108