SEVERE RESPIRATORY FAILURE SECONDARY TO MEGAOESOPHAGUS DUE TO TERMINAL ACHALASIA
| Autor: | María Asunción Acosta Mérida, Joaquín Marchena Gómez, María del Mar Callejón Cara, David Ortiz López |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Radiography Gastroenterology Achalasia Megaesophagus General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Dilatation Esophageal dilation Esophageal Achalasia Mediastinal widening Respiratory failure Right Main Bronchus medicine Humans Esophagogastric Junction Radiology Esophagogastric junction Respiratory Insufficiency business |
| Zdroj: | Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas. |
| ISSN: | 1130-0108 |
| DOI: | 10.17235/reed.2020.7672/2020 |
| Popis: | We present the case of a 56-year-old male diagnosed with achalasia ten years previously without follow-up. He presented with fever, dysphonia and dyspnea associated with a constitutional syndrome of one month of evolution. Laboratory tests showed leucocytosis of 15,870/ul. The chest radiography confirmed mediastinal widening and a chest computed tomography (CT) showed full esophageal dilation up to 10 cm compressing the trachea and right main bronchus, with tapering at the esophagogastric junction. |
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