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Airway Obstruction in a Child with Esophageal Achalasia
Author(s) -
Adachi Kuniko,
Hayashida Michiaki,
Toyoshima Kyoichiro
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1989.tb01361.x
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , radiogram , airway , esophagus , pulmonary function testing , differential diagnosis , surgery , pathology
A 13‐year‐old Japanese boy who had respiratory symptoms and had been treated as a case of chronic bronchitis was found by us to have esophageal achalasia. He had complained of cough for one year and a half, and pulmonary function studies showed severe airway obstruction. The chest radiogram showed the trachea compressed by the dilated esophagus. After operation, the symptoms disappeared and marked improvement was found in the flow‐volume curve. Esophageal achalasia should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses of airway obstructive disease.