Massively dilated esophagus from long standing achalasia in a female child
Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder that is characterized by absence of esophageal peristalsis and failure of the lower esophageal sphincter to relax resulting in abnormal proximal esophageal dilatation. The pathology is rare in pediatric age group with less than 5% of patients present unde...
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2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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