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Case Reports
. 2013 Feb;36(2):72-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 Jul 12.

[Systemic sarcoidosis and achalasia. Apropos of a case]

[Article in Spanish]
Cristina Ruiz Santiago  1 , M Dolores Serrano-León, M Teresa Ramos-Clemente, Marta Rivas, M José Soria, Antonio Naranjo
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Case Reports

[Systemic sarcoidosis and achalasia. Apropos of a case]

[Article in Spanish]
Cristina Ruiz Santiago et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Feb.

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that only exceptionally affects the gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a man with systemic sarcoidosis who developed achalasia revealed by esophageal manometry, barium radiographs and echoendoscopy. No response was obtained with steroid therapy, and finally laparoscopic cardiomyotomy was performed with excellent results.

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