Diagnostic features of malignancy-associated pseudoachalasia.

Fraukje Anna-Marie PondsM I van RaathS M M MohamedA J P M SmoutA J Bredenoord

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2017)

Advanced age, short duration of symptoms, considerable weight loss and difficulty in passing the OGJ during endoscopy, are risk factors that suggest potential malignancy-associated pseudoachalasia. To exclude pseudoachalasia, additional investigations are warranted when two or more risk factors are present.

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