achalasia

achalasia, also known as esophageal achalasia, achalasia cardiae, cardiospasm, and esophageal aperistalsis, an esophageal motility disorder: The smooth muscle layer of the esophagus loses normal peristalsis

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achalasia

Symptoms

▶ Nausea and vomiting, esophagitis, Chest pain, esophageal food bolus obstruction, gastroesophageal reflux disease,  …

Digital clubbing

ICD Code

"530.0", "K22.0"

Class

medical condition, Neurological conditions, medical concept, cause, disease

Cause of

▶ gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal food bolus obstruction, Chest pain, esophagitis, megaesophagus,  …

Mendelson's syndrome, Widened mediastinum, Digital clubbing, Nausea and vomiting

Related Websites

http://www.esoph.ucla.edu, http://rad.usuhs.mil/medpix/tf_case.html?mode=pt&pt_id=12559&quiz=no#top, http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000974, http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=5504&nbr=003747, http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=achalasia

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000014edb2"

Diseases DB id

"72"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Achalasia

Rare Terms

▶ "achalasia cardia", "esophageal aperistalsis", "dyssynergia esophagus", "achalasia cardiae", "acalasia",  …

"esophageal achalasia"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/019wfl"