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Achalasia Classification Types - Barium Contrast Esophagram:
1) Spindle type (classic)
2) Flask type 
3) Sigmoid type
Response to
Achalasia Classification ... Types - Barium ... type Response to treatment ... Types #radiology #gastroenterology ... #clinical #barium
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
disorder such as achalasia ... • Muscular or neurologic ... Barium swallow is ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #gastroenterology
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Chagas disease) Clinical ... adenocarcinoma Barium ... secondary causes leading ... Three clinical features ... #gastroenterology
In this video, you see right sided atrophy, right sided deviation, and fasiculations R>L, indicating a
of progressive posterior ... imaging after treatment ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... HypoglossalNerve #CNXII #CN12 ... #Neurology #Deficit