Endoscopic dilatation in infantile achalosia

CELALETTİN VATANSEV, ADNAN ABASIYANIK, İLHAN ÇİFTÇİ, AHMET TEKİN

  • CELALETTİN VATANSEV: NECEMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • ADNAN ABASIYANIK: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • İLHAN ÇİFTÇİ: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ TIP FAKÜLTESİ
  • AHMET TEKİN: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ MERAM TIP FAKÜLTESİ
  • Year : 2003
  • Vol : 19
  • Issue : 2
  •  Page : 125-127
Esophageal achalasia in childhood especially in whom below one year of age is a rare lesion and difficult to diag- nose. An 11 months age female infant has been treated successfully by pneumatic dilatation, after returning of the esophagus to it’s normal calibre there was no complications seen in the barium study that performed later. After a follow up period of 12 months there was no vomiting or feeding problems or recurrence of the achalasia.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
2003, Vol. 19 (2)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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