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An Unusual Mediastinal Mass in a Patient with Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Mahesh Kumar Saktheeswaran,
Thajudeen Anees
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12007
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , achalasia , asymptomatic , medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , mediastinal mass , disease , coronary artery disease , radiology , esophagus
Achalasia cardiae is a rare esophageal motility disorder of unknown cause, which can remain asymptomatic for a long time. Diagnosis can be missed in view of the frequent absence of pathognomonic clinical signs and symptoms. We present the case of an elderly gentleman, who had achalasia incidentally detected by transthoracic echocardiography during evaluation of coronary artery disease.