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Case Reports
. 2015 Mar;30(2):250-1.
doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.2.250. Epub 2015 Feb 27.

Achalasia secondary to lung adenocarcinoma

Burak Can  1 , Fatih Balli  1 , Ugur Korkmaz  2 , Hasan Yilmaz  2 , Fatma Inci Can  3 , Altay Celebi  2
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Case Reports

Achalasia secondary to lung adenocarcinoma

Burak Can et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2015 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: Adenocarcinoma of lung; Malignancy; Pseudoachalasia.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. (A) Barium esophagography showing proximal esophageal dilatation tapering into a "bird's beak." (B) Transthoracic needle biopsy from a spiculated lesion located in the left lung subpleural area.
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