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Query: UMLS:C0014848 (
achalasia
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A 35-year-old man, with a history of rhinitis, eczema and a dubious
achalasia
was admitted due to chest pain and sialorrhea. Upper endoscopy showed a little
hole
and a narrowing of the distal esophagus. A CT-scan with oral contrast exposed a discontinuity of the lumen of the middle third of the esophagus and a dissection of submucosal space 16 cm long. The patient recovered after parenteral nutrition. After four months, an esophageal endoscopic showed transient whitish exudates, longitudinal furrows and esophageal lacerations. The biopsies illustrated significant eosinophilic inflammation, eosinophilic microabscesses and basal cell hyperplasia.
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PMID:Spontaneous intramural esophageal dissection: an unusual onset of eosinophilic esophagitis. 2694 47
