Case report: an aortic aneurysm as cause of pseudoachalasia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pseudoachalasia is a rare disorder which has clinical, radiographic, and manometric findings that are often indistinguishable from primary achalasia. It is usually associated with malignancy. Few reports describe vascular compression as a cause of pseudoachalasia.

Case presentation

Here we present a case of a 84-year-old woman with anorexia, dysphagia and unintentional weight loss initially diagnosed as achalasia. Upon further investigation a rare cause of pseudoachalasia due to vascular compression of the esophagus was found. It could have been overlooked due to the fact that the initial work-out with a barium swallow, manometry and endoscopy was suggestive for primary achalasia.

Conclusion

Particularly in older patients with a manometric diagnosis of acha

SUBMITTER: Dejaeger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7060513 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature